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Members of Communities Against Alcohol Harm protesting outside a liquor store in Ōtara. Photo: LDR / Justin Latif Clevedon Road Liquor store owner Satnam Singh Jador has been fined $20,000 and ordered to repay $97,361.66 to four employees for a range of breaches, including not paying the minimum wage for all the hours staff were working. The Labour Inspectorate noted this case had all the hallmarks of exploitation, due to the workers needing the job to retain their visa status. The Employment Relations Authority ruling is the second in South Auckland this year. Super Liquor Papatoetoe was ...

A common practice was for a worker to be paid their contractual amount, but then forced to repay the difference between $8 per hour and minimum wage back to the employer, allowing the business to maintain legitimate records. Some workers reported working between 70 and 90 hours a week at $8 per hour. A migrant worker on a dairy farm said he worked 32 days straight without a day off, each day lasting up to 14 hours. Exploitation left people devastated and desperate. Stringer recalls a person who had given up their hopes of residency and was returning to their home country. "The person was just...