"Migrant workers sacked by Auckland construction company after paying thousands for accredited work visas,"

Three Chinese migrant workers who were sacked within a month of each other by the same Auckland employer are the latest among at least 100 workers who are unemployed after paying thousands of dollars for their accredited employer work visas (AEWV)...

The three workers from Northern China had visas tied to the construction company D&T Action Ltd, and were brought here by the New Zealand based Immigration service company Co Plan Group Ltd, also known as Tai Le Consultancy (泰勒移民留学顾问公司), which sourced the workers from a labour export firm in China...

Guo said he did an online interview with the Auckland-based Co Plan Group, but was sacked from his construction job in April - just after about a month-and-a-half on the job.,,

Guo claimed he was told by his employer there wasn't enough work and was given a dismissal letter which said he was being let go within the trial period...

"He threatened us, saying, you guys are coming in batches, if you don't work well, I'll fire you. I've fired people before you, this person got fired, if any of you can't do the job, there's another batch coming at the end of the month", he said.

This made sense when Guo met two other workers from China who joined a week before he was sacked - and they were fired too after less than two weeks of work...

But the director of D&T Action, Dennis Yat Keung Lam, said the men didn't meet the company's standards, and under the 90-day-trial he could dismiss them.

Lam said he didn't do the interviews, leaving that to the Co Plan Group...