Thursday, 24 December 2020, 10:02 am
A bottle store in Papatoetoe is the latest bottle store
to be penalised and ordered to pay arrears for exploiting a
migrant worker by breaching their employment
rights.
Basra and Khella Limited, trading as Super
Liquor Papatoetoe, has been ordered by the Employment
Relations Authority to pay $18,000 in penalties and more
than $28,000 in arrears to a former worker. The breaches
include more than $25,000 in unpaid wages, and more than
$3,000 in unpaid holidays and leave allowances.
Due to
inaccurate record keeping by Basra and Khella’s sole
director and employer Ravinda Basra, the Authority’s
determination relied on the worker’s testimony along with