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Underpayment of migrant workers

A client of Employment Rights Legal Service (ERLS) shares his experience of being underpaid with SBS News.

11 May 2022

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Wage theft 'endemic' senate committee finds

A senate inquiry set up in 2019 to look at wage theft after a string of high-profile cases, has concluded that unlawful underpayment of employees in Australia is systemic, sustained and shameful.

4 April 2022

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Getting ripped off by your employer

Redfern Legal Centre's employment law solicitor, Sharmilla Bargon, speaks to Triple J's Hack about what to do if you think you're a victim of wage theft.

4 April 2022

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This teenager says Subway ripped her off, and she's taking her fight to the Fair Work Commission

Chantelle Zentveld, 17, was thrilled when she got an after-school job at the fast-food franchise Subway, but she soon suspected she was being underpaid.

2 April 2022

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RLC in the Media: Why most people won't report workplace sexual harassment

RLC employment lawyer, Sharmilla Bargon discusses sexual harassment at work, calling for a paradigm shift that holds employers, not victims, to account. SBS The Feed reports.

17 February 2021

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RLC in the Media: Luxury Blue Mountains hotel group clawing back wages from migrant workers

Redfern Legal Centre’s employment Law solicitor Sharmilla Bargon spoke with Sun-Herald about allegations that a luxury hotel chain is exploiting migrant workers on intern visas. Anna Patty reports for The Sun-Herald.

7 July 2019

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RLC in the Media: Feedback on Local Health Needs

Did you know that the Redfern Legal Centre operates out of RPA hospital two days a week? This is the first hospital-based health/justice partnership in NSW and has proven popular among patients and staff.

7 August 2018

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RLC in the Media: disability in the workforce

August 9 2017 – RLC Employment and Discrimination Solicitor, Dr Linda Tucker spoke to CHYFM about disability discrimination in the workplace, as part of the podcast series, My Voice, My Ability, My Rights.

9 August 2017

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RLC in the Media: Calls to protect exploited foreign workers in Australia

A proposal to protect international students from deportation in instances of workplace exploitation and allow them to issue entitlement claims has been submitted to the Australian immigration minister.

24 May 2017

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RLC in the Media: exploitation of student interns

RLC's Employment and Discrimination Solicitor, Linda Tucker, speaks to Australia Wide about the exploitation of student interns.

20 August 2016

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Underpayment of migrant workers

Wage theft 'endemic' senate committee finds

Getting ripped off by your employer

This teenager says Subway ripped her off, and she's taking her fight to the Fair Work Commission

RLC in the Media: Why most people won't report workplace sexual harassment

RLC in the Media: Luxury Blue Mountains hotel group clawing back wages from migrant workers

RLC in the Media: Feedback on Local Health Needs

RLC in the Media: disability in the workforce

RLC in the Media: Calls to protect exploited foreign workers in Australia

RLC in the Media: exploitation of student interns

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