Bottle Store owner fined $200,000 for exploiting staff

A liquor store owner whose behaviour was branded “heinous” by a judge will pay up an unprecedented $200,000 fine for underpaying migrant workers – but is unrepentant. Six Indian migrants were underpaid a total of $250,000 by Paramjeet Singh Parihar and Kuldip Kaur Parihar while working at the couple’s Super Liquor bottle stores in the […]

Easter Sunday is NOT a Public Holiday

There always seems to be a lot of confusion over whether Easter Sunday is  a Public Holiday and what your employees are entitled to be paid.  Easter Sunday is NOT treated as a public holiday under the Holidays Act 2003 – Refer to the informative  Department of Labour link below: http://www.dol.govt.nz/workplace/knowledgebase/item/1245