work rights

wage control laws

WA agrees to $180m wage theft settlement

Wage control laws were used in Western Australia from 1936 to 1972 to restrict the pay of First Nations people.

Wage theft jail time

A proposed law would see jail time for wage theft

The Federal Government has introduced a bill to Parliament which would criminalise deliberate wage theft with up to 10 years jail time.

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