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Wagamama franchise owners offer one-off payment for workers in New Zealand

The workers were owed wages, holiday pay and bonuses when the Asian-fusion restaurant closed in July.

Wagamama workers in New Zealand that were left thousands of dollars out of pocket are going to get some of their money back.

Stuff reports that the franchise owner in the UK has offered Kiwi employees a one off payment to make up what was lost.

Several staff emailed Wagamama in the UK to outline the impact of the lost wages, by which the company responded by offering NZ$30,000 to cover the missing wages and holiday pay.

Wagamama had a restaurant in Wellington and three in Auckland before going into receivership in July.

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