Auckland-based retailer Briscoe Group announced the company has always paid staff for the work that they do, including morning meetings and cashing up at the end of the day, and will reimburse their staff for a recent error.

Briscoe said they will reimburse some employees who were affected who cashed up at the end of the day but didn’t get paid for the time.

Briscoe was among the firms mentioned that is not paying employees for work done outside regular work hours, an issue that has made headlines after Smiths City was ordered by the Employment Court to pay staff attending the company’s morning sales meetings.

Rod Duke, Briscoe managing director, said all their stores have confirmed that those employees attending morning meetings are paid to be there.

“With respect to cash up at the end of the day, an initial audit of all stores has confirmed that some stores have failed to correctly roster some staff required for this task,” Duke said. “We believe this has affected a modest number of employees.”

“This is our error and we are now in the process of rectifying it – staff who have been affected by this will be fully reimbursed,” he said.