Five employees worked from 10am to 10pm at the food court, six days a week, however they were only paid the minimum wage for 40 of these 60 hours.
The cleaners were "vulnerable" Chinese migrants who were older, did not speak English and were unaware of their rights and entitlements in New Zealand, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's David Milne said.
The cleaners were not allowed sick leave, and some had to stop working due to their failing health. All five employees were permanent residents of New Zealand.
However with the employer not paying the agreed to arrears and amidst concerns that the company would be put into liquidation, the Inspectorate put a claim into the ERA to have the director made personally liable for the payment of arrears.
This jolted Food City Limited into action, who then paid out the $126,897 in arrears owed to the five workers, MBIE said. 作者: hkw516 时间: 2016-9-30 13:35:16