What migrant workers told us about pay and conditions

Findings from our national survey of people on visas working in Australia.

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Chapter 1

The survey and participants

Who took part: visas, nationality, location and year of arrival.

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Chapter 2

Findings on underpayment in lowest paid job

How far below the minimum wage floor migrant workers were paid.

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Chapter 3

Industry snapshots

Where underpayment is concentrated, industry by industry.

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Chapter 4

Insecure work, deeper underpayment

ABN, casual and cash arrangements, and what they cost workers.

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Chapter 5

Further FWA non-compliance and obfuscation of underpayment

Payslips, cash wages and unpaid super.

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Chapter 6

Underpayment and forced labour indicators

Where underpayment overlaps with signs of forced labour.

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Chapter 7

Responses to underpayment

Whether workers sought their wages back, and what stopped them.

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Chapter 8

Key recommendations

What government and business can do to fix it.

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