Photo: rf. The restaurants, one in the suburb of Opawa and the other in Woodham Road, Avonside, have now been sold by Indian Heaven. The employees said they worked around 50 hours per week over six days and one former employee said he worked seven days a week. However, they were paid 30 or 45 hours per week regardless of how many additional hours they worked. In addition, they claimed they were not given holiday pay during, or upon termination, of their employment or any public holiday pay.
When asked by the Labour Inspector as to why employees were not paid correctly under the Holidays Act, Indian Heaven appeared unaware of the requirement to do so. The Labour Inspector said the wage and time records provided by Indian Heaven were inaccurate and said they appeared to have also been created after his request. When an employment notice was issued, the Labour Inspectorate said no attempt was made to comply and the business had continued to operate as it had done before.
Director Najima Noori and joint shareholder Sayed Noori, alongside their daughter Fatima Noori, were all found to be involved in breaches of the employment standards. Share this.
