Southland dairy farmer and company fined for obstructing investigation

Thursday 31 July 2025 · 2 outlets · 3 reports · updated Fri 1 Aug 2025, 4:30am

In this story Employment Relations Authority

Reza Abdul-Jabbar and Rural Practice Ltd have been ordered to pay an additional $15,000 for obstructing an Employment Relations Authority investigation. These penalties follow previous fines of $215,000 for breaching employment standards involving three Indonesian workers. The business has already paid over $116,000 in arrears to the employees.

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1. Otago Daily TimesThu 31 Jul 2025, 10:46am

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   • Company, owner fined $15k for obstructing investigation (opens in new tab) Fri 1 Aug 2025, 4:30am
2. 1NewsThu 31 Jul 2025, 11:52am

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