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Jail time proposed for bosses who underpay workers

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A standard pay packet Source: (AAP Photo/Julian Smith)

Bosses who deliberately underpay their staff could soon face jail time as part of a series of hard line reforms designed to protect Australia's most vulnerable workers. The Migrant Workers' Taskforce has handed 22 reform recommendations to the federal government this week (Thurs March 7), all of which have now been accepted. Kulasegaram Sanchayan reports in Tamil with a feature written by Claudia Farhart.


 

 

 


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