Almost 90 per cent of the forestry industry is breaching employment standards and that may not even be the full extent of it, according to a Government audit of the sector. Labour inspectors from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment carried out audits of 34 forestry contractors across the North Island this year and found 20 of them didn’t comply with at least one employment standard. Data from the audit, obtained by Stuff, revealed breaches were “widespread” within the forestry industry and of even greater concern was that further breaches of minimum employment standards were “likely to be hiding” due to “poor recording”.