10 years' jail for wage theft: Porter puts hefty penalties on the table

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The Attorney-General says he is prepared to legislate 'significant' wage theft penalties - likely to be up to 10 years' jail - to deter the 'unacceptable' practice of persistently underpaying workers

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Mr Porter, who is seeking bipartisan support for his legislation, will release the discussion paper on Thursday when he delivers a speech to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia conference in Canberra.The paper says the government "believes there can be no excuse for deliberately exploiting workers" and the bill became necessary after a taskforce set up to investigate migrant worker exploitation found "strong evidence of systematic and deliberate underpayment".

It said while "no decision has as yet been made about penalties", jail terms and fines would need to be "broadly proportionate" with penalties for comparable offences such as the Fair Work Act's "corrupting benefits" provisions, which impose hefty penalties for union corruption. "These new criminal penalties should rightly apply only to the most serious types of offending where there is clear evidence of persistent or repeat offending, or offending on a significant scale," Mr Porter said.

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What a joke The LNP has sacked Tax office staff, safety inspectors, etc Simply they dont give two hoots about workers and their wages, the more a BOSS can rip you off the better. Join a UNION its the only way to stay in front

I'll believe that when I see it.

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