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Horticulture contractor fined $428,000
A horticulture labour contracting business has been ordered to pay $428,000 for serious employment law breaches.
A horticulture labour contracting business has been ordered to pay $428,000 for serious employment law breaches.
The operator of a Wellington sex shop has been ordered to pay two former employees nearly $27,000 in lost wages and compensation.
A Rotorua business has been ordered to pay a former employee $33,661 and pay $40,000 in penalties for not paying him.
A top Auckland football coach was sacked after just three weeks work due to his team's performance.
Napier's Brown Owl Bakery was caught breaching multiple employment laws by MBIE.
A woman has been awarded $13,500 after being found to have been unjustifiably dismissed due to her health issues.
New Zealand Steel told a worker he couldn't take three days bereavement leave to attend the funeral of his whangai brother.
Five migrant workers weren't paid minimum wage for their work at an Auckland food court.
The manager messaged a co-worker calling her "sxy" and saying he was "head over heels" for her.
A former employee claims to be owed $100,000 in unpaid wages and holiday pay from a company that is in liquidation.
Boyd Nelson was dismissed from his role after he was seriously injured in the workplace and could no longer carry out his duties.
Trans hairdresser Dakota Hemmingson still hasn't seen any of the money awarded to her after she unfairly lost her job.
The Indian chef was awarded $31,400 in unpaid wages and reimbursed for $11,400 in "premiums" she paid.
Employment agreements must include a starting date for 90-day trial provision.
A woman who wasn't paid throughout her employment has been awarded $4500 in outstanding wages.
A man has been ordered to pay $11,600 after he failed to pay some of his 50 migrant staff minimum wage.
A lawyer has been awarded over $67,000 after he was unfairly dismissed from his role.
The account manager was told by his doctor to stay off work for a month, but his boss said the company couldn't wait that long.
A small business dismissed a poorly performing worker under the 90 day trial period policy, but got it wrong.
Envirowaste must pay a truck driver $32,300 after he was fired for a drug test that showed up positive for cannabis.
An employer has lost a bid for a stay of execution on an order to pay a former employee $23,000.
Two weeks has been set aside to decide Eden Group's claim in the Employment Court in November.
An office administrator bullied, abused and sexually harassed by her boss has been awarded $18,000 in compensation.
Dakota Hemmingson has been awarded $13,250 after being forced out of her job because of her transition.
A woman working on a farm owned by her father and stepmother was forced to leave after a heated argument.
A trans woman says she was left "in shock" during a meeting with her boss in which she claims she was forced to resign after revealing she wanted to transition.
A South Auckland youth worker sacked for assaulting a young offender must be reinstated, despite his employer having lost confidence and trust in him.
Kiwirail is accused of breaching a collective agreement with the Rail and Maritime Union.
A migrant worker worked in bars and liquor stores in South Auckland and was underpaid $45,300.
Two Hawkes Bay dairy workers were incorrectly paid and forced to borrow cash to protect their jobs.