Wendy’s fined over $125k for work permit breaches
(CNS): The local chain of a fast food franchise, Wendy’s, paid an administration fine last month of CI$125,325 to Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman (WORC) after a raid earlier this year. Based on information submitted to WORC, an investigation was conducted in collaboration with the Department of Labour and Pensions, which found 14 counts of employing people outside the terms of their permits and one of making a false representation to WORC.
WORC Deputy Director of Compliance Mervin Manderson said it was a professional and efficient investigation, as he thanked those involved.
“The actions by the DLP officers played a pivotal role in the success of the investigation,” he said. “I encourage employers to ensure your staff have valid work permits and that their duties match the occupation on the permit that has been approved by WORC. We prefer to have compliant employers rather than having to levy such penalties on our local businesses; however, we will meet our obligations to bring justice to those who breach our Immigration rules,” Manderson added.
Complaints can be made to WORC by emailing worccomplaints@gov.ky or online by visiting www.WORC.ky.
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ANddd. So many take out permits on bondage fro expat peoples who have to look work and pay the a hefty monthly fee!
But then again they are only following the faulty bauroken slave labour and minimmum wage STARVATION WAGE SYSTEM (As government defined it weeks ago) system that obtains today, and for many decodes now.
All as good young people and degree holders suffer at mama house. Unemployed and mislabled as unemployable
If you are “good young people and degree holders” then you’re not in the market for minimum wage.
There are two different issues. Enforcing Caymanian preference in employment, and paying workers a humane minimum wage.
I like how you put those words in quotes as if there is no such thing as good young Caymanians and college educated Caymanians… Who by the way are out of the Job market PERIOD because of discrimination just being Caymanian and “BEING TOLD THEY’RE OVER EDUCATED WHEN THEY HAVE DEGREES”. To put it simply, it soo GAME OVER for Caymanians mostly the multigenerational Caymanians
Send us your resume, after you get your caps lock fixed.
Caymanian preference? Affirmative action?
The best candidates are hired no matter where they are from. This is how the real world works.
WORC need to check the restaurants on the Brac
admit it people.
this is what happens when we allow politicians to write and rewrite their own terms of operation.
esp regarding conflicts of interest and pecuniary interests.
for instance, would it be legit for sitting politicians to waive duty on items that benefit their own (NEW) business interests?!
we all know who, when and why.
yet all we do is grin and kiss up
da wa ya get
Like when bigger companies get fined 20 million for obvious corruption/illegal activities and it sounds good on paper until you realize this 125k probably set them back a month…
and whoever owns wendys certainly isn’t living paycheck to paycheck like its employees
And locals dont want to work at places like Wendy’s because they can get more benefits from doing nothing and letting NAU take care of them.
Crap.
That’s the result intended.
but the real cause of this ill effect of local unemployment is largely the slave wages and illegal cheap imported employees.
I and many other youth worked in these restaurants and hotels for many decades — until the narrative was IN-Conveniently changed to justify more “Starvation Wage” work permits from overseas.
shhhh. hire and train local teens to flip burgers!
The strong nationality bias is also evident between the BK and wendys francises.
And while you’re talking about locals not wanting to work and living from welfare, you shud mention the fact that there are more so-called Caymanian foreign WELFARE VULTURES who are bleeding our welfare SYSTEM than the local Caymanians. Wanna verify that statement? Go visit NAU every day of the week for two weeks and see who are qued up and getting help and who are the ones working behind the desks at NAU.
The talk about your own COUNTRY possibly and many other countries where there are endless amounts of foreign WELFARE VULTURES.
Well at least they weren’t robbed.
And who said you can’t get a Whopper at wendys?
Is it true that Burger King are changing ‘home of the Whopper’ to ‘Home of the Robber’?
Oops you want fries with that sir ?
And a Shake.. Up… And down
This is a colossal failure from the top down.
Everything about this is ultra-corrupt. Shame on all of you.
Someone should look in their burgers too. Round burgers come from cows we know. Where exactly do square ones come from?
This is the kind of thing people lose their franchise rights over…
Bro, nobody loses their franchise rights in Cayman.
Has never happened and never will.
Dunkin Donuts says you are wrong.
All the Dunkin Donuts stores in Cayman were under performing and were shut down by their American headquarters.
Same with Taco Bell🌮, Bojangles,and few others.
Your right–There are at least five (5) governing rules to maintaining a Foreign-based, U.S. Franchise, such as:
✓Franchise License Fee (& Renewals);
✓Royalties (to Headquarters or Parent Company),pegged to profitability/(performance);
✓U.S. Federal Tax; Obligations, if any;
✓Upholding the Reputation and Integrity of the Franchise/(Company);
✓Maintaining the Product Niche & Uniqueness, and Service Protocols necessary to maintain its competitive edge; and,
✓Other contractual obligations e.g. Employment & Training, Customer Care, Jurisdiction, Logistics, Facilities, AGMs & Shareholder Conferences, etc.
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Dunkin Donuts did, that was years ago. (underneath the old worlds gym).
Hiring illegal workers? In the fast food industry? Yeah right!
Keep it coming, more shady businesses all over
True 1:06, but the employers breaking the law should be named.
Anywhere in the U.K. Canada or the USA the employer would be named for such a serious violation of the immigration laws.
Legge was right
The violation may be serious, but is so widespread as to be typical. The real question to be asked, and answer demanded, is how our robust world class civil service has allowed it to become so bad? These fines are mere tokenism to pretend that something is being done.
The really bug Question is, HOW DID IT TAKE A WHOLE WHOPPING $125K BEFORE IMMIGRANTION COULD TAKE ACTION FINALLY
Things that will never happen for $500, Alex.
I’d say the employer was pretty clear – Wendy’s.
What you are trying to say is that the beneficial owner of companies should be publicly known. Thats a whole different discussion.
Well it is the beneficial owners of the companies who made the decision to break the law directly, not Wendy.
Let’s stop the crap here.
12:18, Why is it a different discussion? You think Wendy made the decision?
Can someone tell me how in a British Common law system a company can be convicted of a major immigration / labour law violation and no one knows or can say who owns the company?
We need direct rule and totally clean up with all these shady businesses, most of which are Caymanian owned.
Abuses can be found throughout Cayman.
From duty waivers to benefit certain businesses, to denying local workers in favor of cheap imported labor.
So shamefully it’s sinful!
Who owns the franchise?
Expats?
Not expats… prominent and at one time a more powerful and influential Cayman family.
Generational Caymanian family…
A Caymanian – as everyone knows is how the law works here.
A lot of people seem to have forgotten they’re not living in the old Cayman, when with power and influence , they could do pretty much what they wanted.
Good joke!
Who is the owner of Wendy’s in Cayman?
Last I know, at least one of the owners, or the only owner, is a past Member of Parliament.
Obviously nobody knows who owns the Wendy’s franchises here.
It is a state secret because a VIP in our political system owns the Big Whoppers.
When will they crack down on all these construction job sites that have loads of “subcontractors” who have work permits for everything from domestic, body man, car wash, gardener, baby sitter; you name it they are on the jobs.forget following any of the labor laws, pension or health; hell some do not even get paid for weeks. All this is killing legitimate businesses but guess no one cares.
All of the employees who were working outside of their work permits…were they fined or deported? They should be.
The employer and employee were complicit in this, both should be penalised.
The employees are afraid to say anything because the employer will cancel their permit.The govt. won’t support them and tell the employers that they can’t cancel the empoyee permits if they report wrong doings. So don’t blame the employees they trying to make a living.Its 100% the employer fault.
Just like the Filipino nannies. Indentured servitude is real here.
Except the relevant employees are likely criminals too…