It was always humiliating going to Winz, "because it's Winz", and getting turned away when applying for a benefit added to the feeling, especially when other Winz clients in the office were wearing hoodies and baggy pants, he said. However, he said a Winz staffer told him it was possible he may have a job interview after the appointment, and because his track pants did not meet acceptable standards his appointment was postponed. He said he was wearing a brand new $80 pair of black adidas track pants, a tidy Puma T-shirt and $180 shoes &ndash. The man, an out of work apprentice builder aged in his early 20s, was applying for the unemployment benefit and was at a pre-arranged appointment with Work and Income (formerly Winz). An Invercargill job seeker says he was humiliated by Work and Income staff in Invercargill who told him to leave the premises because his clothes were deemed too...
Source: Stuff.co.nz