Underpaying Overseas Employee Attracts Year Jail

Landmark court case against underpaying boss

This morning, I read a very interesting article in Australia Financial Review titled "Underpaying boss facing year in prison". The article is about a court case outcome where the director of a Queensland tour company that underpaid visa workers has been jailed in a landmark contempt of court case brought by the Fair Work Ombudsman.

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• cooperate with inspectors

• ensure equivalent terms and conditions of employment

• keep records

• provide information to us when certain events occur

• ensure the primary sponsored person works or participates in the nominated occupation, program or activity

• not recover, transfer or take actions that would result in another person paying certain costs

• pay travel costs to enable sponsored persons to leave Australia

• pay costs incurred by the Commonwealth to locate and remove unlawful non-citizens.

The full article about the landmark court case can be read on: http://www.afr.com/news/policy/industrial-relations/fair-work-ombudsman-action-sees-underpaying-boss-sentenced-to-12-months-jail-20180512-h0zzsc