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Fruit Pickers to Now Get Minimum Wage

The Australian Workers’ Union has welcomed the new Horticulture Award which introduces an hourly minimum rate for fruit pickers, who will now enjoy the same baseline conditions as all other Australian workers. AWU National Secretary Daniel Walton explained that in November 2021, the AWU secured an historic industrial win for fruit pickers by successfully arguing…

Wage Theft a Crime in Victoria

Wage theft is now a criminal offence in Victoria, and employers who deliberately underpay or don’t pay their workers now face fines of up to almost $1 million for companies and up to 10 years’ jail or up to $200,000 for individuals. Under the Wage Theft Act 2020, which took effect today, it is a…