Schedule 1AA contains application, savings, and transitional provisions relating to amendments made to this Act on or after 1 April 2016.

The persons specified in subsection (2) are liable to a penalty imposed by the Employment Relations Authority under the Employment Relations Act 2000.

The persons are—

A worker or a Labour Inspector may recover a penalty under subsection (1), but the worker may recover a penalty only in relation to his or her employer.

For the purposes of subsection (2), a person is involved in a default if the person would be treated as a person involved in a breach within the meaning of section 142V of the Employment Relations Act 2000.

This section applies where, in relation to wages or other money payable by an employer to a worker whose wages are prescribed under this Act,—

The whole or any part of wages or other money referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b) may be recovered by the worker or by a Labour Inspector on behalf of the worker by action commenced in the Employment Relations Authority in the same manner as an action under section 131 of the Employment Relations Act 2000, and subsection (2) of that section applies accordingly.

Subsection (2) applies despite—

This section does not affect any other remedies for the recovery of wages or other money payable by an employer to any worker whose wages are prescribed under this Act.

A Labour Inspector or a worker may recover from a person who is not the worker’s employer any unpaid wages that the worker is entitled to if—

However, unpaid wages may be recovered under subsection (1) only,—

For the purposes of subsection (1), a person is involved in the non-compliance if the person would be treated as a person involved in a breach within the meaning of section 142V of the Employment Relations Act 2000.