Employers who deliberately underpay workers could find themselves imprisoned under the government’s proposed labour hire overhauls. Labour hire firms found to have flagrant disregard for the law could have their registrations to operate cancelled, putting them out of business. “Independent reviews have clearly identified industries where worker exploitation is more prevalent,” the RCSA’s CEO, Charles Cameron, said in a statement. The group’s acting chief executive, Tara Diamond, said existing criminal laws could be applied in cases where employers had been found to have deliberately exploited their workforce. “Further, criminal charges world be counter-productive to the efficient recovery of underpaid wages for affected workers,” Diamond said.

Source: The Guardian March 07, 2019 06:11 UTC