Hauora Tairawhiti owes staff an estimated $8.6 million in underpaid wages because of “interpretation issues”, relating to the Holidays Act.
Other health boards, as well as private and public companies, have had the same issues.
Hauora Tairawhiti’s $8.6m, covering underpayments dating back nine years, has been incorporated into the DHB’s deficit for the year ending June 30 as a one-off cost, ...
