"New workplace justice visa crucial for preventing migrant worker exploitation", 25 July 2024

A new Workplace Justice Visa will help exploited migrants stay in Australia for a short period.

The visa enforces their workplace rights and holds employers to account for labour violations and modern slavery.

Temporary migrant workers can also access a new protection against visa cancellation. It guarantees their visa will not be cancelled if they come forward to hold exploitative employers accountable.

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The Workplace Justice Visa and visa cancellation protection were developed in the Breaking the Silence report, co-authored by the Migrant Justice Institute and the Human Rights Law Centre.

The new pilot visa protections were co-designed by the Department of Home Affairs and key coalition leaders, along with employer groups.

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