Posts tagged "migrant workers"

Leading economists say Australia should aim for at least 190,000 migrants per year as it opens its borders.

Australia’s unemployment rate is now 4.2% and, even with the effects of Omicron, there are good reasons to think it will fall further in 2022.

Industry associations, businesses and the federal government are all rallying to upskill a new workforce and tackle Australia's skills gaps.

According to a Grattan Institute report, there is no particular reason to think that temporary or even “medium term” skill shortages are the best criteria for selecting permanent migrants who will live and work in Australia for decades to come.

The bridge to the other side of this COVID-19-induced economic downturn will depend on migration. It will depend on us continuing to welcome migrants.

New wage theft scandals are unlikely to be the last, as corporate Australia reckons with one of the worst worker exploitation scandals in recent memory.

Wesfarmers has become embroiled in another wage theft scandal, after revealing staff at department store Target have been cheated for $9 million.

The government’s threat of jail for bosses engaging in wage theft may be a PR exercise designed to camouflage the blow of big hits to come for workers.

The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured a sizable penalty against the former operator of three sushi outlets who admitted to underpaying 31 workers.

A Victorian business that shortchanged workers has been handed a hefty penalty after the Court found it engaged in deliberate exploitation.

A Brisbane labour-hire company has been ordered to pay more than $65,000 for underpaying 19 international workers and failing to keep records.

The Fair Work Ombudsman has secured its second major financial penalty of 2019, with a Melbourne Cafe being found to have underpaid 54 workers.