Underpaying migrant workers exacerbated by coronavirus pandemic

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

Underpaid worker Iris Yao Source: SBS

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.