Aged-care provider ordered to pay $51k to migrant nurses used as volunteers

The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) has ordered aged-care provider Experion Care NZ to pay $51,000 following a labor dispute involving migrant workers. The ruling stems from the company engaging 10 registered nurses for more than 1,500 unpaid hours to work as volunteers.

The unpaid labor occurred while the affected migrant nurses were waiting for their work visas to be processed. The ERA's intervention highlights issues regarding the treatment and utilization of vulnerable migrant workers within New Zealand's aged-care sector.