The Star: July 11, 2024

The Star Thursday July 11 2024
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NEWS
Domino’s
franchise
owner
sentenced
A DOMINO’S pizza franchise
owner was sentenced on six
migrant exploitation charges at
the district court on Tuesday.
Immigration New Zealand
launched an investigation into
Chang-Wei Tsao after it received
a complaint about a Domino’s
Kaiapoi employee working in
breach of their visa conditions.
Investigators found Tsao coerced
the staffer to work beyond
their visa expiry date and forced
three others on student visas to
work more than the 20 hours per
week permitted by their visa.
Tsao had also committed
“serious exploitation of another
employee”, Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment
general manager immigration
investigations and compliance
Steven Watson said.
The exploitation included underpayment
of wages and leave,
and requiring the employee to
pay unlawful premiums.
Tsao pleaded guilty to six
charges in February and was
sentenced to 10 months home
detention. He was also ordered
to pay $7062 in reparations to
the victims.
COMMUNITY groups in
Canterbury have received a
boost of more than $400,000
from the Christchurch Casinos
Charitable Community Trust,
helping key services weather the
current economic downturn.
“With the economy in
recession, we’re hearing from
organisations struggling to
fund essential programmes,”
said Christchurch Casino chief
executive Brett Anderson.
“This donation will help
bridge that gap and ensure vital
services remain available.”
Beneficiaries include toy
libraries, Age Concern, the
Aranui Community Trust,
Cholmondeley Children’s Centre
and Canterbury Blue Light,
whose goal is to help reduce
the incidence of young people
becoming criminal offenders
while fostering better relationships
between youth and police.
For the first time, these organisations
received additional
funding from ChristchurchCasino.com,
Christchurch Casinos
Ltd’s online platform based in
Malta.
“There are currently no legal
requirements for online casinos
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Casino’s donation a helping
hand for community groups
GIVING BACK: Benefactors
were invited to an event to
celebrate and connect at
Majestic on Durham.
to donate to the community,”
said Anderson.
“However, we recognise
that most of our online users
are from Canterbury, and we
believe it’s important to give
back to the local community.”
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