Members of Communities Against Alcohol Harm protesting outside a liquor store in Ōtara.
Photo: LDR / Justin Latif
Clevedon Road Liquor store owner Satnam Singh Jador has been fined $20,000 and ordered to repay $97,361.66 to four employees for a range of breaches, including not paying the minimum wage for all the hours staff were working.
The Labour Inspectorate noted this case had all the hallmarks of exploitation, due to the workers needing the job to retain their visa status.
The Employment Relations Authority ruling is the second in South Auckland this year.
Super Liquor Papatoetoe was ordered to pay close to $50,000 for exploiting a migrant worker in February, while over the last 18 months, Thirsty Liquor East Tamaki was fined $1000 and Thirsty Liquor Wickman Way in Māngere was fined $2000, both for failing to comply with employment laws.
New bill would allow liquor store drive-thrus
Oklahoma liquor store drive-thru bill By Cheyenne Cole | March 3, 2021 at 6:16 PM CST - Updated March 3 at 6:16 PM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - You might be able to purchase alcohol at Oklahoma liquor store drive-thrus soon.
House Bill 2868 allows retail spirit licensees to sell alcoholic beverages in their original, sealed containers via drive-thru.
Cache Road Liquor store owner Mike O’Malley said in the era of COVID, it would be great to provide customers with more options.
“We’ve done a lot more delivery and a lot more curbside, obviously, because it was legal and some people still they just don’t want to even with masks and now vaccines,” he said, “they just don’t feel comfortable coming into a place, so anything we can do to make our customers feel comfortable is something that we support.”