Backpackers, international students losing out on $1 billion in unpaid wages

INVESTIGATIONS: Temporary workers in Australia are being exploited by a “broken system” and have little prospect of seeing money owed to them, a damning report has found.

ความแตกต่างทางวัฒนธรรมนั้นไม่ใช่ปัจจัยสำคัญ โดยผู้ย้ายถิ่นฐานชั่วคราวชาวเอเชียนั้นเป็นกลุ่มที่เต็มใจที่สุดที่จะพยายามทวงค่าจ้างคืน Source: AAP

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.

The report found fewer than one in 10 temporary migrant workers took action to recover missing wages - even if they knew they were being underpaid.

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