More systemic foreign worker exploitation uncovered

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By Leith van Onselen

Hot on the heels of her investigation of 7-Eleven’s systemic exploitation of foreign workers, Fairfax’s Adele Ferguson has revealed another case of systemic exploitation, this time across the nation’s massage parlours, which have exploded in numbers over the past few years. From The Canberra Times:

In the latest development in the foreign student and 417 working holiday visa wage exploitation scandal, Fair Work raided 18 massage parlours in late February and found all were non-compliant with key workplace obligations…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.