Kiwifruit contractor ordered to pay $23,000 to exploited migrant workers
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A kiwifruit contractor in the Bay of Plenty has been ordered to pay $23,000 to two migrant workers he exploited. The men were made to work as many as 70 hours a week in the orchards, for low pay or nothing at all. Things got worse for one of them, who was forced to hand back $1500 in cash for tax. The order holds the contractor to account for how he treated his staff.
Two men were made to work up to 70 hours a week for low or no pay in Bay of Plenty orchards, and one was forced to hand back $1500 cash for tax.
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