03/09/2026
A restaurant and takeaway business with branches in Auckland and Cromwell and its owner have been ordered to pay $130,000 in penalties for exploiting workers.
SSM Investments Limited was ordered to pay penalties of $90,000 and owner Shazneen Shariza Khan ordered to pay $40,000 by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA).
The fine followed an earlier ERA order to pay five former employees $147,001 in wage arrears.
The fine followed an earlier Employment Relations Authority order to pay five former employees $147,001 in wage arrears.