Auckland bottle store owner fined close to $50,000 for exploiting worker gets additional charge for legal costs
8 Feb, 2021 12:44 AM
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Super Liquor Papatoetoe has to pay legal costs after an investigation into an exploited worker. Photo / Google Maps
Super Liquor Papatoetoe has to pay legal costs after an investigation into an exploited worker. Photo / Google Maps
A Papatoetoe bottle store owner ordered to pay close to $50,000 for exploiting a migrant worker has had another $15,000 added to the charge for legal costs.
Basra and Khella Ltd, trading as Super Liquor Papatoetoe, was ordered by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) to pay $18,000 in penalties and more than $28,000 in arrears to a former worker.