Jail time proposed for bosses who underpay workers

(MLB177) 01 April 2000.  A standard pay packet regarding the Living Wage Case decision that was handed down today by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission. (AAP Photo/Julian Smith).

A standard pay packet (AAP Photo/Julian Smith). Source: AAP

Bosses who deliberately underpay their staff could soon face jail time as part of a series of hard line reforms designed to protect Australia's most vulnerable workers. The Migrant Workers' Taskforce has handed 22 reform recommendations to the federal government last week, all of which have now been accepted.



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