
A North Shore food court has been ordered to pay five migrant workers almost $127,000 in arrears after they were paid less than minimum wage for long shifts without sick leave.
The Food City Limited establishment, in Northcote, also has to pay a $37,500 penalty imposed by the Employment Relations Authority in a ruling last week.
The decision comes after an investigation was launched by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's Labour Inspectorate.
The breaches found included a failure to pay minimum wage and holiday pay to the group of Chinese cleaners, who were all permanent New Zealand residents.
Labour inspectorate regional manager David Milne said the penalties and arrears awarded against the employer should send a strong message to others that this sort of exploitation of workers would not be tolerate.
"It's really disappointing to see this level of non-compliance where the employer has just completely failed to meet the clear expectations set out in New Zealand's employment law,'' Milne said.
"Pleading ignorance is no excuse - providing employees with at least the minimum wage, holiday pay, and written employment agreements are basic obligations which we expect every employer in New Zealand to meet.
"Taking advantage of employees is never acceptable, particularly vulnerable workers such as the migrants in this case, who were older, did not speak English, and were unaware of their rights and entitlements in New Zealand."
The breaches were discovered after the five employees approached a Labour Inspector two years ago.
An investigation found the group had all been working long shifts - from 10am to 10pm - six days a week. They were only paid the minimum wage for 40 hours, however, and were not granted sick leave.

我就纳闷咯。。。。咋抢沙发的专业让给我了。。。

skysadness 发表于 2016-10-7 17:49
may姐厉害,希望有更多的人能知道may
future123 发表于 2016-10-7 18:51
应该修改法律,像这样不合法的工作,在一定时间后不允许申诉,比如工作三个月或半年后,你没提出异议,那你 ...
auckland.clark 发表于 2016-10-7 22:43
觉得事后算账有点不地道。
匿名者 发表于 2016-10-7 22:50
几位老人有拿回辛苦钱吗?
匿名者 发表于 2016-10-7 22:59
事出必有原因,显而易见,事前双方达成默契,但劳资矛盾决定,必有强势一方得寸进尺,由此产生剥削。相对 ...
如果你想要抓一个执法者违法的证据,你先要学会让他不舒服。
如果你想要让一个执法者做出对你有利判决,你也先要学会让他很舒服。
态度好是量刑的标准,不是衡量对错的准则,想让他人做出使自己很舒服的言行,代价一定不小。
回到本案,非法雇佣关系长久存在,说明已经达成默契。如果不是雇主蛮横霸道,得寸进尺,不会出现日后血光之灾。将心比心,船能载舟也能覆舟,得罪下人,不太聪明。
可以肯定,接下来将会有另一部门,对5位老人进行更深入调查,希望这起案件变成一起政治案件的导火索。文森特,皮特的嘴,虽然比我臭,可他在sky粉丝众多。
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