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Underpaid and vulnerable: Melbourne students struggle with wage theft

Wage theft can mean not being paid overtime, not being paid the legal wage, or not being paid at all. Temporary migrant workers, international students, and backpackers are particularly vulnerable to exploitation. So what options do students have when they’re not earning what they should? Lucy Williams and Lan Wei report.

Audio report by Lan Wei Lucy Williams
 

 

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