Two New Zealand healthcare companies and their directors have been ordered by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) to repay more than $147,000 in wage and leave arrears after admitting to widespread breaches of minimum employment standards.
ERA member Sarah Kennedy-Martin ordered SS Health Limited to pay $114,479.14 and LW Health Limited to pay $33,382.61, for a combined total of $147,861.75, following a Labour Inspectorate investigation into both companies.
The two matters were consolidated into a single proceeding given "the close relationship between SS Health Ltd and LW Health Ltd, the similarities of the breaches, and the fact employees worked across both stores."
The parties reached a partial settlement ahead of the hearing, submitting a joint memorandum to the ERA on 2 July. Penalties and costs are yet to be determined.
Both companies admitted to violations spanning multiple pieces of legislation, including failing to keep adequate wages, time, and holiday records; failing to pay the minimum wage for all hours worked; incorrectly calculating annual holiday entitlements at the end of employment; failing to meet public holiday and sick leave obligations; and making unlawful wage deductions in breach of the Wages Protection Act.
SS Health Limited also faced two additional violations under the Holidays Act 2003 relating to annual holiday calculations.
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