Tuesday, 13 July 2021, 12:43 pm
The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) has ordered
Madhan Singh Bisht, director of Kiran Cuisine Limited,
operating a restaurant in Auckland to pay full arrears of
$75,026.18 in unpaid minimum wage, leave, and holiday pay to
a former employee, as well as a further $50,000 in
penalties.
The Labour Inspectorate took the case to
the ERA following a complaint from a former employee who
worked at the restaurant as a chef.
The
Inspectorate’s investigation found the employee
consistently worked an average of between 60 and 70 hours
each week over approximately three years of employment,
despite being contracted and paid for up to 36 hours