Auckland-based labour hire company Prolink NZ went into liquidation yesterday, leaving 190 workers—most of them migrants on Accredited Employer Work Visas—without jobs.
Immigration New Zealand (INZ) has been investigating Prolink since September last year following complaints from workers who claimed they were cheated out of thousands of dollars and given little full-time work.
Licensed Insolvency Practitioner Pritesh Patel has been appointed to oversee the liquidation, and cited multiple factors leading to insolvency, including the loss of a major contract with My Food Bag. His first report is due on January 3.
The company currently has around $75,000 left in its bank account, after $80,000 was recently withdrawn by a director, which Patel is investigating as unjustified. Prolink’s assets include four financed vehicles, with one, a Porsche, already sold under unclear circumstances.
The company’s collapse has thrown workers, primarily Chinese and Vietnamese, into uncertainty. Many face language barriers, making it difficult to understand their options or communicate with Patel, who has enlisted a Chinese-speaking lawyer to assist.
Talking to legacy media, Patel expressed concerns about their precarious situation, particularly as the holiday season approaches, with limited work opportunities. His priority is to secure funds to pay outstanding wages and holiday pay, as workers hold preferential creditor status. In the interim, Patel has sought help from the Ministry of Social Development and Rotary Botany Downs to provide food parcels for the affected workers. Prolink’s co-director and majority shareholder, Haiyan Luo, who has a history of legal issues including tax evasion, previously introduced herself to workers as the operations manager.
What about New Zealanders, what about people who are born here?
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