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Wage Theft in Aotearoa New Zealand – New Report April 2017

April 28, 2017

A new report was published this month about wage theft in New Zealand. New Zealand lawyer, Catriona MacLennan, has studied the issue and her findings can been seen in her report here, which she has given Stand Against Slavery (SAS) permission to publish. MacLennan recommends higher penalties including imprisonment for offenders. She further suggests a ‘name and shame’ list of employers who breach minimum …

Empirical Evidence: Worker Exploitation Exists in New Zealand

December 13, 2016

Peter Mihaere, Press Release, Reports, SAS-News

Introduction These are some of the statements made by interviewees in New Zealand’s first evidence-based research on worker exploitation. The report suggests that exploitation in New Zealand is temporary migrant exploitation from places like the Philippines, India, Latin America, Indonesia, Russia and the Pacific Islands. Some pay recruitment fees ranging anywhere from $2,000 to $40,000 with the guarantee of a good paying job …