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135: Recovery of penalties
or “How you can get money back if someone breaks the rules at work”
You could also call this:

“The boss or worker helper can make someone pay the money they owe if they broke the rules.”

The chief executive or a Labour Inspector can collect any penalty that the Authority or court has ordered to be paid to the Crown under section 135. They can do this by going to the District Court and treating the penalty as a debt owed to the Crown. This means that if someone has been ordered to pay a penalty to the Crown, but hasn’t done so, the chief executive or a Labour Inspector can take action to make sure the money is paid.

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Part 9 Personal grievances, disputes, and enforcement
Penalties

135AChief executive or Labour Inspector may enforce payment of penalty

  1. The chief executive or a Labour Inspector may recover in the District Court as a debt due to the Crown any penalty ordered by the Authority or the court under section 135 to be paid to the Crown.

Notes
  • Section 135A: inserted, on , by section 14 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 9).
  • Section 135A: amended, on , by section 14 of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 9).