Auckland restaurant to pay nearly $50,000 for exploiting migrant worker
Source: Employment New Zealand
An Auckland restaurant and its owners have been ordered by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) to pay nearly $50,000 in penalties...
Opening your business over the Easter or ANZAC holidays
Source: Employment New Zealand
If your business is opening over the Easter and ANZAC holidays, you should be aware of the rules around employer obligations...
Labour Inspectorate concludes inquiry into Gloriavale
Source: Employment New Zealand
The Labour Inspectorate has found that the members of the Gloriavale Christian community cannot currently be considered employees under New Zealand...
Restaurant director liable for penalties after exploiting worker
Source: Employment New Zealand
The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) has ordered Madhan Singh Bisht, director of Kiran Cuisine Limited, operating a restaurant in Auckland to...
How to enforce a payment from an employment dispute
Source: Employment New Zealand
You have been through a dispute resolution process with your employer; they have agreed to compensate you, but you haven’t received...
Minimum sick leave entitlement proposed to increase from 2021
Source: Employment New Zealand
The Government has introduced the Holidays (Increasing Sick Leave) Amendment Bill to increase the minimum employee sick leave entitlement from 5...
Labour Inspectors are visiting Hawke’s Bay apple orchards this week
Source: Employment New Zealand
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s (MBIE) Labour Inspectors are visiting Hawke’s Bay orchards this week.
The visits are to make sure...
ERA penalises Brews Liquor stores $34,000 for migrant worker exploitation
Source: Employment New Zealand
The liquor retail sector is once again in the spotlight for disregarding minimum employment standards.
The Employment Relations Authority has ordered Preeminent...
Canterbury liquor retailer and director to pay $125,000 for worker exploitation
Source: Employment New Zealand
The Employment Relations Authority ordered Nekita Enterprises Limited, a business that operated a number of bottle stores across Canterbury, to pay...
Minimum wage is increasing on 1 April. Are you ready?
Source: Employment New Zealand
As a business owner or manager, you need to be ready for the increase in minimum wage rates from Thursday, 1...
Restaurant Brands Ltd fined $18,000 for unlawfully dismissing migrant worker
Source: Employment New Zealand
The Employment Relations Authority has ordered Restaurant Brands Ltd to pay a migrant employee $18,000 in compensation.
A migrant employee was employed...
Matariki public holiday
Source: Employment New Zealand
The Matariki Public Holiday Bill has been passed.
The Government has created a new public holiday for Aotearoa by passing the Te...
