Wage Theft, Economic Distress
Wage theft is a vastly under-reported but widespread economic liability. The limited research on the practice, defined as “employers pocketing a portion of [workers] wages by undercutting minimum entitlements under Australian labour law” has demonstrated how widespread wage theft really is, particularly in the form of the non-payment of superannuation, and the underpayment of regular wages to low-income workers, often temporary migrant workers.
