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Underpaying migrant workers exacerbated by coronavirus pandemic

Underpaid worker Iris Yao

Underpaid worker Iris Yao Source: SBS

Some migrant workers in Australia are being paid less than half the minimum wage.


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Some migrant workers in Australia are being paid less than half the minimum wage.


Highlights

  • COVID-19 has made the illegal underpayments worse, with unions finding thousands of job ads on the internet written in languages other than English
  • Iris Yao is an international student from China who says she experienced wage exploitation.
  • She says wage exploitation is particularly tough for international students who don't have a wealthy family to support them.

 

 

 


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