Having defaulted on his promise to accept personal responsibility for wages and holiday pay underpaid by his company Control Plus Ltd, Vimal Sharma became liable not only for $29,600 owed two employees but was fined a further $21,500 by the Employment Court for failing to pay up.
Part of the $21,500 in fines is to be paid to the two employees, the court ordered.
In 2025, Mr Sharma’s Auckland electrical services company Control Plus was put into liquidation by Inland Revenue.
Around the same time, he faced an investigation over wages allegedly underpaid to two employees: Manjeet Singh and Kulwinder Singh.
Following a mediation conference, Mr Sharma agreed personally to make good amounts owed Manjeet Singh ($18,600) and Kulwinder Singh ($11,000) should Control Plus not pay.
With Control Plus now in liquidation insolvent, the two employees sued in the Employment Court following Mr Sharma’s failure to pay. He did not attend the court hearing.
Judge Holden dismissed suggestions Mr Sharma has no ability to pay. Evidence was given of Mr Sharma named on Companies Office records as director and shareholder of three other companies which still appear to be active.
Of the fines imposed under the Employment Relations Act for non-compliance, Judge Holden ordered: $6750 be paid to Kulwinder Singh; $7000 to Manjeet Singh.
Singh & Singh v. Sharma – Employment Court (14.05.26)
26.159