Victoria has become the first jurisdiction in Australia to bring into effect laws criminalising wage theft.
The new law has come into effect (Thursday 1 July) in Victoria making it a crime for an employer to deliberately underpay employees.
The so-called wage theft laws ensure crimes are punishable with 10 years jail for individuals and steep fines of nearly $200,000 ($198,264) for individuals, or close to $1 million ($991,320) for companies.
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