Another minimum wage breach in New Zealand
posted on 1st December 2016
More and more breaches of the Minimum Wage Act, Holidays Act and Employment Relations Act are hitting the headlines, with the latest being at a kebab shop in Rotorua. All the New Zealand cases to date have involved independent businesses; however; franchisors would be well-advised to audit their franchisees' employment practices to avoid the publicity which has affected brands such as 7-Eleven and Caltes over the Tasman.
The job description attached to his employment agreement specified Mr Corten would work 40 hours a week at $18 per hour.
But for the duration of his employment Mr Corten worked six days a week, from 8.30am until 10pm. He took no holidays while employed and was paid $720 a week, either in cash or cheque, which works out to about $8.90 an hour.
He resigned in September 2013 following disagreements with Mr Efendi.
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