The abuse of migrant workers by New Zealand employers through practices such as wage theft, illegal fees, excessive hours, and coercion, encompassing legal cases, penalties, and policy debates around protecting vulnerable foreign workers from labour exploitation.
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systematic abuse of overseas workers
Man charged with human trafficking accused of deceiving staff recruited from overseasunlawful wage practices by horticulture employer
Five Big Things That Happened Today: Wednesday, August 19Stacked weekly counts; colour by editorial lean. Stuff and The Spinoff lean centre-left, NZ Herald centre-right, others centre.
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