Annual wage theft toll hits $850 million as criminalisation bill looms Industrial Relations David Adams 22 August 2023 Wage theft is costing Australian workers $850 million a year, according to a damning new report from the McKell Institute.
$4 million wage theft fines, potential prison time: Government canvases views on IR crackdown Industrial Relations David Adams 17 April 2023 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.
Wage theft is rampant in Australia. So why hasn’t it been criminalised yet? Legal Giuseppe Carabetta 8 December 2022 It is clear wage theft and other forms of non-compliance with minimum labour standards are major problems in Australia.
Migrant workers are coming back to Australia, but the system needs fixing to curb rampant exploitation Economy Laurie Berg 17 May 2022 The COVID-19 years taught us that Australia depends on migration, but it has a dark legacy of entrenched wage theft among migrant workers.
