We've let wage exploitation become the default experience of migrant workers
- Written by Joo-Cheong Tham, Professor, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
Australia’s Fairwork Commission has so far this year examined more than a dozen cases of wage theft. Those cases involve hundred of workers and millions of dollars in underpayments.
And it’s just the tip of the iceberg.
A significant report on the exploitation of migrant workers in Australia has been published this month. After a...