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27 Nov 2017

Author:
Anna Patty, The Sydney Morning Herald

Wage theft endemic across Australia

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21 November 2017

A landmark study has found wage theft is endemic across Australia with a quarter of international students and a third of backpackers earning $12 or less per hour, around half the legal minimum wage.

The new report presents the most comprehensive Australian research conducted into the systemic underpayment of international students, backpackers and other temporary migrants around the country...