The Employment
Relations Authority has ordered an owner-operator to pay over $30,000 in
penalties for failing to properly pay its employees.
The
owner-operator claimed that training was being provided to the workers, rather
than employment. However, the employees were required to record their work
hours, which the owner-operator then charged to a contracting firm.
The contracting
firm paid money to the owner-operator, however, it failed to pay the employees.
The ERA ordered
the owner-operator to pay over $30,000 in penalties for 60 employment breaches.
These breaches were; a failure to
maintain a holiday and leave record, failure to pay holiday pay, failure to pay
minimum wage, maintain wage and time records and a failure to maintain a copy
of the relevant individual employment agreement.
Ben Ruback
Employment Lawyer
Wellington
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