Migrant Workers

Court rules that workers were hired in roles that did not align with their visa conditions and were not paid in accordance with minimum employment standards.

Exploited workers will no longer be able to extend the visa once its six-month term expires from 31 October.

An automated register of false personas to use on social media platforms is being set up by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

Workers are finding out their overseas colleagues are being paid more, with companies and lawyers saying it is brewing discontent in the workplace.

It was a scheme Ross Berry hoped would make millions. Instead, 40 hungry men wound up crammed in a house, and his business is in ruins.

Community leaders have welcomed changes to the Accredited Employer Work Visa scheme but warn that more work still needs to be done.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment says there are currently 178 active investigations on accredited employers underway.

Migrant workers continue to enter country on dubious accredited employer work visas despite 2023 reforms to tighten immigration settings.

Immigration advocates call for the process to be more carefully scrutinised if it is to be free of abuse.

Exploitation charges follow a joint investigation in 2020 after Zespri reported allegations that workers were being exploited.

A young migrant who worked long hours for free at a Central Otago hospitality business says she felt "like a prisoner" during her nine months in the job.

The agency says there has been a significant rise in the number of overseas job seekers that are being cheated by unregistered recruitment agents.

After enduring months in crowded houses without jobs, some workers have finally started to settle down in New Zealand.

Immigration New Zealand has launched a review of the Accredited Employer Work Visa, unveiling a support package Wednesday for those falling victim.

A full-day job matching event took place in South Auckland to help a large group of South Asian migrants scammed out of thousands of dollars for the promise of work in New Zealand.

A group of migrants scammed out of tens of thousands of dollars for the promise of work in New Zealand will have nowhere to live in three days.

A group of migrants scammed out of tens of thousands of dollars for the promise of work in New Zealand will have nowhere to live in three days.

Immigration officers say they've been told to ignore criminal convictions and investigations, not to read supporting documents on visa applications and not to check work visas at the border

Advocates for migrant workers facing exploitation are turning up the heat on the government as it heads towards an election.