- Labour Inspectorate swoops on Bay of Islands
Last week the Labour Inspectorate launched an extensive compliance operation in the Bay of Islands. Labour Inspectors visited dozens of businesses.
- Labour Inspectorate in nationwide employer compliance clampdown
Scores of employers across the country can expect a visit from Labour Inspectors soon as the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s (MBIE) Labour Inspectorate clamps down on errant business owners.
- Legal case
- Retail, hospitality businesses in Labour Inspectorate spotlight
The Labour Inspectorate has launched its first operation for 2025, making unannounced visits to 13 retail and hospitality businesses in Hamilton to check compliance with minimum employment standards.
- Migrant exploitation
- South Waikato farmer ordered to pay $30,000 for employment breaches
The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) has ordered a South Waikato farmer and his dairy farming business to pay penalties of $30,000 for breach of employment standards relating to 4 employees.
- Legal case
- Minimum wage is increasing on 1 April 2025. Are you ready?
As a business owner or manager, you need to be ready for the minimum wage rates increase from 1 April 2025.
- Minimum wage
- Kiwifruit labour company and director penalised $100,000 for underpaying workers
A labour supply company to the kiwifruit industry in the Bay of Plenty and its sole director have been penalised a total of $100,000 by the Employment Relations Authority after being found to have underpaid 3 employees over several years.
- Legal case
- MBIE teams visit dozens of Hanmer Springs businesses in compliance crackdown
Teams from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) visited 26 Hanmer Springs hospitality and retail businesses following complaints of potential migrant exploitation.
- Migrant exploitation
- Dairy owners must pay $16,000 in penalties for employment breaches
A Piopio dairy and its owners must pay $16,000 in penalties after the Employment Relations Authority found them liable for 21 breaches of minimum employment standards which impacted migrant employees.
- Migrant exploitation
- Workers exploited - New Plymouth business, directors must pay $86,500
A New Plymouth restaurant and its two directors have been ordered to pay $86,500 in wages arrears and penalties by the Employment Relations Authority after breaching minimum employment standards.
- Migrant exploitation
- Napier developer loses bid to have $96,000 penalties ruling overturned
A Napier developer’s bid to overturn an Employment Relations Authority (ERA) determination ordering he and his construction company to pay penalties of $96,000 has failed in the Employment Court.
- Migrant exploitation
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