Update: 10:30am, Tuesday 8 April - the Living Wage team are delivering almost 500 individual submissions to MBIE this morning. Our form is now closed.
If you would like to make an individual submission before 5pm Tuesday 8 April, please email MBIE directly - [email protected]
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is seeking public feedback on a new edition of the Government Procurement Rules.
All Government agencies must follow the Government Procurement Rules when managing contracted for goods and services, like cleaning, security and catering.
The requirement to pay a Living Wage to cleaners, security guards and catering staff has been removed.
History tells us without Living Wage requirements in procurement contracts, contracted workers face a life on poverty wages.
If you want the Government to keep the Living Wage requirement, make a submission to MBIE using our form.
We'll send your submission to MBIE on your behalf.
You can read more about the proposal and it's impact in our guide here.
"The Living Wage basically allows me to survive. Before the Living Wage came in, I was really struggling to afford groceries, especially considering how high my rent was, and the Living Wage has allowed me to thrive in what would be seen as a very basic sense." - Liam Shaw, contracted cleaner at a Government agency.