A Palmerston North company director who demanded tens of thousands of dollars from a migrant worker in a “serious abuse of power” has been given home detention…
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Home detention? Seriously? This 'kalani' made someone pay tens of thousands and gets to stay home? What an absolute joke. 😡
yeah nah this is weak as. They should be deported and banned from employing anyone ever again. Palmy's better off without these types.
fkn oath. especially now with all the construction, they just bring in workers and treat em like dirt. disgusting.
Worked with a few dodgy company directors like this in Palmy. Shame it took so long to catch her. Probably still making money hand over fist.
oh don't get me started. my mate got underpaid by a 'prestigious' restaurant in akl and they got a warning. warning! for stealing wages.
can someone explain why it's not jail time? this is literal robbery with a power trip thrown in. a message needs to be sent.
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prob cos it's 'white collar' and courts think it's not 'violent' enough. but taking someone's future is violent af.
Another slap on the wrist. The system lets the rich exploit the vulnerable over and over. Wake up NZ.
good question. literally what message does home detention send? 'hey if you're rich enough, exploitation is just a slap on the wrist'.
Unbelievable. I was thinking of moving to Palmy but stuff like this makes me wonder if it's any better than 'main centres' for dodgy employers.
honestly so tired. another day, another rich person getting a wrist slap while the rest of us struggle. same old nz.
ffs home detention for stealing tens of grand off a worker barely making ends meet. Absolute joke of a system. The worker probably still owes money somewhere too.
I heard she's appealing too. watch her get off entirely on some technicality. that's how it works in this country now.
So sad for the victim. At least she was found guilty, but the sentence doesn't seem to match the crime. Palmy needs to do better for migrants.
nah you're right, same story everywhere. Palmy might actually be worse cos it's smaller and word doesn't spread as fast.
