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New Australian laws to protect overseas workers, minimum salary levels increased

The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, yesterday introduced a Bill into the Senate that sets out a new framework to better protect temporary overseas workers in Australia. The Migration Legislation Amendment (Worker Protection) Bill 2008 will strengthen the integrity of temporary working visa arrangements including the Subclass 457 visa program [...]

Marine building contractor McDermott Industries Australia has been cleared by the Workplace Ombudsman of allegations that it unlawfully underpaid foreign workers on a gas pipeline project 130 kilometres off the Western Australian coast at Karratha. The Workplace Ombudsman found no evidence to substantiate allegations made from the Australian Workers Union that up to 16 workers had not received their full entitlement.[...]

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The national workplace watchdog has labelled as reprehensible the exploitation of three Filipinos recruited as nursing assistants in Sydney. The Workplace Ombudsman says the treatment of one male and two female 457 visa-holders was nothing short of shabby [...]

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