Posts tagged "penalties for wage theft"

Wage theft is costing Australian workers $850 million a year, according to a damning new report from the McKell Institute.

Businesses found to have severely underpaid workers could face fines in excess of $4 million, according to a plan floated by the federal government as it coordinates its next slate of industrial relations reforms.

Companies in NSW that avoid paying payroll tax on unpaid wages could soon face significantly harsher penalties, as part of a NSW government plan to crack down on wage theft in the state.