#employment-issues

#employment-issues

One teacher who was fired from the school described how she was let go just months before she was due to have a baby. The former teacher, who is Jamaican, said: "What they did to me was cruel. I was five months pregnant when they let me go and most of the things they said weren't even true. I wanted to challenge it legally but the whole process was traumatising and I feared the stress would affect my baby."

Omar Naziry, a Mountain View man, pleaded guilty to defrauding his employer of $250,000 to $550,000 by falsely claiming military deployment.

Significant tax rises are inevitable in the coming months due to the size of the Government's planned spending increases.

In my opinion the rate of pay and the recognition of the role our lifeguards play leave a lot to be desired. Lifeguards deserve proper remuneration given their level of responsibility.

"Effectively every paycheck I received was late, inaccurate, or incomplete. I had colleagues there who went over three months without getting paid."