'Hard-Line' Policies on Social Welfare
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ICB Retaining and Construction 13 Volkner Place, Rosedale, Auckland. 0800 ICB WALL (0800 422 925) E: [email protected] I www.icb.co.nz COVER STORY October 31, 2019 I 3 Labour Inspectorate going all out to stop exploitation of vulnerable workers $450,000 for “inexplicable and heinous” treatment of Hamilton liquor store employees Husband and wife, Paramjeet Singh Parihar time they were away by working for free. “This case sends a clear message that employment practises from the top down. and Kuldip Kaur Parihar, who owned two employers won’t get away with taking The employers also failed to keep accurate “Since earlier this year, Super Liquor has Super Liquor stores in Hamilton have been advantage of vulnerable workers for their employment records which the Court saw as been taking steps to close the gaps that ordered by the Employment Court to pay own gain,” says Labour Inspectorate an attempt to cover up their abuse. existed in their employment law compliance a record $200,000 in penalties for serious Regional Manager Callum McMillan. programme. We expect to see the results of employment law breaches. All employees in question were migrant “Beyond that, it sends a message to all this with future audits,” says Mr McMillan. workers from India on temporary visas. Mr This is in addition to $250,470 they already franchisors that they risk having their and Ms Parihar are themselves of Indian The Judge commended the Labour Inspector repaid to six former employees for minimum brand name marred unless they take steps decent. The Judge noted this makes the who worked on the case for her forensic wage and holiday pay arrears. to routinely monitor compliance with way they treated their workers even more research to uncover the extent of the employment laws within their franchise The six employees worked at Super Liquor “inexplicable and heinous”. breaches and gather evidence that left the group to prevent worker exploitation. Flagstaff and Super Liquor Hillcrest between employers no choice but to concede and The Court imposed penalties of $200,000 2010 and 2017. They were paid between “It’s disappointing that exploitation such as repay the arrears owed to workers. to be paid immediately by Mr and Ms $8 and $11 an hour, which was well below this has occurred in a well-known franchise Parihar. Following the Labour Inspectorate’s “Our inspectors use every means available the minimum wage in any given year. One like Super Liquor. There is a growing submissions, $80,000 of this will be paid as to hold employers to account and seek employee alone was compensated $106,076 demand in New Zealand and worldwide, for compensation to the workers for the mental justice for employees. However, employees for seven years of underpayments. corporations to be ethical and accountable and emotional hardships they endured at must be willing to come forward with in their practices, which extends beyond Some of them worked more than 60-70 the hands of their employers. Failure to information to make this justice possible,” direct legal obligations. This means their hours per week – including on public comply with these Court orders can lead to Mr McMillan says. profits cannot be at the expense of frontline holidays. They had not been provided with imprisonment. staff in their franchises or in their supply MBIE encourages anyone concerned about any sick leave, holiday pay or public holiday The Court heard Mr and Ms Parihar have chains. the employment situation of themselves or entitlements. Where they took time off, they sold the two liquor stores and do not someone they know to call its contact centre were either not paid or required to return “The Labour Inspectorate has been working propose becoming employers again. on 0800 20 90 20, where their concerns will the money to their employer or make up the with Super Liquor Holdings to improve be handled in a safe environment. 4 I October 31, 2019 COMMUNITY Diwali Celebrations at Bhartiya Samaj Charitable Trust lovely ladies and Gentlemen to come up Language and Cultural School during the on stage and tell the audience why they week. The traditionally attired children think they are “beautiful” and handsome” and shared lunch from different cultures This created a lot of buzz and evoked so added an extra festive feeling. much of fun and laughter. Wow amazingly Bhartiya Samaj also hosted a small Diwali talented seniors! party for the seniors residing at David What better way to end the celebrations- Lange Rest Home. We feel blessed with an with yummy delicious lunch and sweets! opportunity to bring smiles to the faces The fabulous success of the event was a of seniors who are unable to move out or result of contribution and unequivocal go to other big Diwali celebrations in the support of the Executive committee of community. The rest home was beautifully Bhartiya Samaj, volunteers, organisers, decorated depicting our culture and performers and the community that we all cheered the Seniors to the tunes One of the most significant festivals in occasion. With beautiful Diwali themed collectively supported us to make of famous Bollywood songs which they Indian culture, Diwali, the festival of lights backdrop, celebrations started with this event a grand success. The event thoroughly enjoyed. -TIN Bureau holds significance of triumph of good over Bhartiya Samaj Chair, Mr Jeet Suchdev concluded evil. wishing everyone present at the event, by everyone Bhartiya Samaj Charitable Trust their families and loved ones a very Happy exchanging celebrated Diwali at various places Diwali. This was followed by dignitaries heartfelt for the people in our community. The and invited guests wishing our Seniors greetings for biggest celebrations were for the Senior and all present for a wonderful and joyous the festival of Citizens Roskill Group that was held Diwali.