60% of foreign language job ads underpaid

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The ABC has published another article on the industrial scale rorting of Australia’s visa system, whereby 60% of foreign language job ads are below the legal minimum wage:

Unions NSW has surveyed 7,000 job advertisements in foreign languages across more than 10 notorious industries and found 60 per cent are offering below the legal rate of pay…

The retail industry was the worst offender, with more than 84 per cent of foreign language ads surveyed offering below the award, followed by cleaning, transport, building and construction, hospitality and hair and beauty…

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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.