17 Mar 2023

Filipino construction workers say they're owed thousands

From Morning Report, 7:22 am on 17 March 2023

A group of Filipino construction workers say they're owed thousands of dollars in wages including for time some of them have spent on Auckland's City Rail Link project.

First Union, which represents eight of about 70 workers says their former employer Rehua Reo Contracting effectively forced them to quit by stopping wages late last year

Inland Revenue has applied to the High Court to liquidate the company but hearings have been adjourned multiple times.

Reporter Lucy Xia has more.