Wage theft now a crime in Queensland
September 9, 2020
Employers deliberately underpaying staff now face criminal prosecution
Employers found to be deliberately stealing from their workers will now face jail time under new laws passed in Parliament today.
Under the new laws, the maximum penalty for stealing by an employer will be the same as the current maximum penalty for ‘stealing as a clerk or servant’, which is 10 years’ imprisonment.
The laws follow a parliamentary inquiry which found that wage theft affects as many as one in four Queenslanders and costs workers $2.2b per year in unpaid wages and super.
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