Wage Theft in Silence: International students amongst underpaid over a billion dollars

A damning report has found underpaid international students and backpackers are owed more than a billion dollars in wages. The “Wage Theft in Silence” report, released on Monday, draws on data from the first large-scale national survey of temporary visa holders, with more than 4,300 respondents hailing from 107 countries. It is a cohort that represents up to 11 per cent of the Australian labour market.

Migrant workers often exploited by being paid below minimum wage rates. Source: SBS