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"Name the employers," Labour employment relations spokesperson Pete Hodgson challenged Richard Prebble today.

Mr Prebble told One Network News last night: "I've got employers in my electorate who've had people who've turned up, worked for two days, and they have then had to pay them $4000 just because they didn't like the job."

Mr Hodgson said the statement could not go unchallenged.

"I feel entitled to demand evidence particularly as Mr Prebble has a reputation for gross exaggeration.

"He has already told a number of porkies on the campaign trail and will no doubt get even more fictional now that his party is dropping like a stone in the polls," Mr Hodgson said.

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