24 Aug 2023

Precarious working conditions contributed to workers' deaths

From Morning Report, 7:12 am on 24 August 2023

A coroner has described how the precarious working conditions of two young provincial men at a leading labour-hire company ended in a double fatality.

Floyd Harris and his passenger Jake Ginders died in a crash on State Highway 2 in Manawatu near Woodville in 2019.

Both men only had their learner's licences, and faced low pay, insecure hours, early starts, and a long commute at labour-hire firm AWF.

The Coroner's findings out today say AWF failed them - and other employers of vulnerable young people must beware.

Phil Pennington has been covering the case, since February.

Pennington spoke to Corin Dann.