Business Owner Fined $70,000 For Underpaying Backpackers
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When we say know your rights we mean it. A Tasmanian small business owner was fined $70,000 by the Federal Circuit Court for using inaccurate job titles where he then lured backpackers to remote Tasmania. The backpackers were paid as little as $1.35 per hour in some cases. Absolutely Terrible! One backpacker was paid as little as $270 for four weeks work, that equates to $1.35 with no superannuation! The court found that Harold Jackson created adds promising to sign off on backpackers 2nd year visas, adds were placed on sites such as gumtree and in backpacker hostels. The court Read more