Dally Brooks reports for ABC
Employment Rights Legal Service coordinator and RLC employment solicitor Sharmilla Bargon described the court decision as a "huge win" for underpaid workers.
"We hope that this decision will also provide workers [with] protection against 'phoenixing': where an employer closes a business, avoids paying employee wages, declares insolvency, and then sets up a new company under a new name and hires new workers."
But Ms Bargon said further reform is still needed to protect vulnerable migrant workers, including an "efficient, accessible, and inexpensive" dispute resolution mechanism for workers to recover all unpaid entitlements and superannuation.
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