Jail terms for exploiting migrant workers to be introduced in Australian government crackdown

New laws to include making it a criminal offence to coerce someone into breaching their visa condition and bans on hiring other visa holders

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Australian employers who exploit migrant workers will be banned from hiring other visa holders and will face new criminal penalties, as part of a government crackdown.

On Monday the federal government will announce legal changes to tackle what it calls “a crisis of exploitation with up to one in six recent migrants paid less than the minimum wage”.

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