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New reports expose massive migrant wage theft everywhere – MacroBusiness
It’s Groundhog Day with two new reports revealing systemic wage theft of migrant workers across restaurants and cafes, as well as farms. Turning to restaurants first, a major sting by Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) targeting the Degraves Street and Hardware Lane d…

It’s Groundhog Day with two new reports revealing systemic wage theft of migrant workers across restaurants and cafes, as well as farms.
Turning to restaurants first, a major sting by Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) targeting the Degraves Street and Hardware Lane dining precincts in Melbourne and Brisbanes West End uncovered widespread wage theft between December 2018 and March 2020:
It found that 84 per cent of the 49 businesses in Melbournes precincts and 88 per cent of the 44 in Brisbanes West En…