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"A 28-year-old international student from Pakistan took a job as a chef in
Queensland. His employer paid a flat hourly rate that was well below the legal
minimum, with no payslips. When he eventually left, his employer hired the next
new arrival.
“It is like an ecosystem,” he told us, “and everyone passes through it.”
His experience is not an outlier. Our new report, published today by the
academic-led Migrant Justice Institute, shows that for migrants working on
temporary visas, it is the norm.
Drawing on the largest national survey of migrant workers ever conducted in
Australia, we found two-thirds of temporary visa holders were paid less than
they were legally owed. A quarter were shortchanged by at least A$10 an hour.
We estimate across Australia, international students alone are being underpaid
by around $61 million every week – more than $3 billion a year.
This is not just a failure of worker protection – the system is also allowing
exploitative employers to thrive by systematically undercutting honest
businesses that do the right thing.
To fix the problem, we must first understand how exploitative employers give
themselves maximum power with minimum visibility."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
