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Foreigners working in restaurants in Australia, often students and backpackers, are being warned that they should make sure they are being paid at least the minimum wage. It comes after a judge described the operators of a Gold Coast restaurant as having behaved in a 'heinous' way after paying...

Waiters and cooks in restaurants in Brisbane are the latest group of overseas workers in Australia to have been found to have been underpaid in a crackdown on rogue employers. Young people, such as international students and backpackers, are open to exploitation by employers who try to get away...

Working in a restaurant is popular with newly arrivals in Australia, including students and backpackers, but more evidence is coming to light that they are being exploited. It is not just obscure restaurants where there may be fewer checks, but well known outlets in big cities where the Fair...

Young people in Australia on student and working holiday visas who spoke limited English were exploited by a sushi outlet which underpaid them and used false records to cover up what it was doing. The Fair Work Ombudsman has highlighted the case to warn young people working in Australia while...