Home care provider fined for putting staff at risk

'The timeframes for the offender to comply with its contractual obligations was unrealistic': District Court Judge Andrew Scotting. File picture by Shutterstock.

A NOT-FOR-PROFIT out-of-home-care provider will pay a $300,000 fine plus legal costs of $150,000 over its failure to protect workers from kids in their care.

Marist Youth Care has admitted it failed to provide a safe work environment for two women who were regularly sexually harassed and threatened, and forced to barricade themselves inside an office.