New Zealand: 4S Hospitality fined NZ$24k after labour authority finds serious breach of wage & hours standards reported by migrant worker
الملخص
Date Reported: 19 يناير 2024
الموقع: نيوزيلاندا
الشركات
4S Hospitality - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: 1
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Hospitality , Women , Unknown migration status )القضايا
Wage Theft , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Restricted mobilityالرد
Response sought: لا
الإجراءات المتخذة: After filing a complaint with the Labour Inspectorate, it was found 4S Hospitality had under-recorded her hours, meaning she was substantially underpaid. The company was finsed NZ$24k and an individual who hired the woman and knew her hours worked and that holiday pay was improperly recorded was also fined NZ$12k. The worker was awarded NZ$34,720.
نوع المصدر: News outlet
"Underpaid migrant wins $34k after feeling like 'prisoner' at Otago hotel pub,"
The woman, who wanted to stay anonymous, said she worked 50 to 60 hours weekly, six days a week, but was only paid for 30.
"I have never seen a jail, but I felt I was a prisoner. I was sorry I had ever come to New Zealand. It was a very emotional time and I just wanted to leave," she said.
employed at Criterion Club Hotel in Manuherikia/Alexandra between June 2019 and February 2020.
The venue is a bar, restaurant, and hotel with gambling and TAB facilities...
After nine months there, the woman resigned and asked for her final holiday pay, but her employers refused. They kept making excuses, so she went to the Labour Inspectorate for help.
The Inspectorate used external EFTPOS data, plus pokie machine and TAB terminal data, to find that the business 4S Hospitality had under-recorded the woman's hours - meaning she was substantially underpaid.
The case was deemed a "serious breach" and passed onto the ERA (Employment Relations Authority)...
As a result, 4S Hospitality was fined $24,000.
Kuljinder Singh Sidhu, who hired the woman and helped run the business, was also fined $12,000.
The ERA found although he didn't own the business, he knew hours worked and holiday pay weren't being properly recorded.
The woman was awarded $34,270 in unpaid wages plus interest...