Some employers are not passing on all of the pandemic wage subsidy they're receiving for workers, and are instead pocketing the money for themselves.
The $585 a week subsidy requires employers to use their best endeavours to pay people up to 80 percent of their pre-lockdown wage.
Around 170 complaints have been registered about the wage subsidy scheme and most of the complaints are to do with money not being passed on
A hospitality worker says before the lockdown, she was being paid about $450 a week.
She says her boss is now claiming the full $585 on her behalf but only passing on $350 of this, and pocketing $235 for themselves.
Stu Lumsden is the National Manager Labour Inspectorate for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
He speaks to Susie Ferguson.
