Employer to pay $57k for failure of keeping wage and time records123rf.com The authority said the horticultural company had to pay the hefty fine as a deterrent for other employersA horticultural company has been fined about $57,000 for failing to pay correct wages, and not providing employment and wage records to several employees. A labour inspector found that 16 seasonal workers had not received employment agreements or wage and time records. It was also found that five of those employees had not been paid correct holiday pay, and one had not received the correct wages either. The labour inspector had made a visit four years ago regarding a complaint made that one Indian national and three Fijian nationals had been working in breach of their visitor visa conditions. BBS did not provide employment agreements and pay records and was subject to an improvement notice.

Source: Stuff June 24, 2017 03:22 UTC