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Wage arrears claims

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A wage arrears claim seeks money an employer failed to pay: ordinary wages, holiday and leave pay under the Holidays Act 2003, the minimum wage under the Minimum Wage Act 1983, or amounts deducted in breach of the Wages Protection Act 1983. Arrears are recovered under s 131 of the Employment Relations Act 2000, by the employee or by a Labour Inspector. Where the employer has not kept the wages and time record the law requires, and that prejudiced the claim, the Authority may accept the employee's account of pay and hours unless the employer proves it wrong (s 132; s 83 of the Holidays Act 2003 is to similar effect). Where an employer cannot pay, a person involved in its breach of employment standards, such as a director, can be made personally liable for the arrears it cannot pay (ss 142W and 142Y).

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