Underpaying migrant workers exacerbated by coronavirus pandemic

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Migrant workers often exploited by being paid below minimum wage rates. Source: SBS

Some migrant workers in Australia are being paid less than half the minimum wage. COVID-19 has made the illegal underpayments worse, with unions finding thousands of job ads on the internet written in languages other than English.



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