I think cheap labour is bad for Australia full stop. I hope it never comes to that...
I thought we were already there?
Companies flying tradespeople in and paying them required wages, but then subtracting accommodation, food, transport etc
Companies getting students (
some of whom are only here to try and obtain residency anyway and supposed to work 20 hrs per week max, others who are here as full-time students but trying to subsidize costs) to fill out ABN paperwork and then set them up as subcontractors...Insurance, Licencing etc you say; what’s that?
I heard a story recently of a company that had a number of divisions/assorted companies, they started another company as an 'employment' division
(no assets) and put all current and new employees under that banner...
fast fwd 12 months
They then sold one of their divisions to a competitor for a profit and wound up the 'employment' division by calling in the administrators, they were hoping to keep the other divisions/groups going and just *sink* the employment division/group, re-hiring individuals under the other divisions/groups again
Many employees were left without the last fortnights wages
(appears the employment company traded even after administrators were called in), total superannuation owed is about $1.6M +
(sorry; got no money say the directors), staff received Group Certificates and lo and behold many had apparently only earned $7,500
(hmmm why that figure?) despite having fortnightly payslips to the contrary, a number of staff owed Annual Leave
(10 weeks was the most I’ve heard of); they were also into the ABN scheme detailed above
Staff have complained to the administrators, who have shut down all divisions of the company at this stage and also the ATO, ASIC and anyone else who will listen to their plight