Sanford denies involvement in scheme to underpay chartered South Korean fishing crew members
SEAFOOD.COM NEWS April 9, 2014
Auckland-based Sanford has denied any involvement with a manning agent said to be trying to persuade underpaid charter crewmen in Indonesia to settle for less money.
Fairfax Media reported yesterday that about 480 men working on South Korean fishing boats chartered to New Zealand companies had been underpaid by about $25 million.
Among the claims included in papers filed with the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) is $10m sought from Dongwon Fishing, which allegedly shortchanged 200 Indonesian men on the Sanford chartered fishing boats Dongwon 519, 530 and 701 and the Juham Industries vessel Pacinui.
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