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New report warns some migrant workers paid less than $2 an hour on Australian farms – SBS News
There are calls for the “piece rate system” of payment on farms to be scrapped after a new report warned of widespread exploitation in the horticulture industry….
A new report has warned of widespread exploitation of migrant workers in the horticulture industry, with some earning less than $2 an hour.
The Unions NSW report reviewed more than 1,000 job advertisements for entry level farm work and conducted interviews with Australian and temporary-migrant workers.
The report has been released after the federal government abandoned a crackdown on wage theft as part of its industrial relations policy, which Labor said was a “petulant” act of “vindictiveness”.
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