Australia: PALM working visa scheme poses 'modern day slavery risks', advocates say
摘要
日期: 2024年11月18日
地点: 澳大利亚
其他
Not Reported ( Labour supplier ) - Employer受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
外劳和移民工人: ( 1 - 巴布亚新几内亚 - 未知行业 , Men , Documented migrants )议题
Poverty Wages回应
Response sought: 否
后续行动: The worker is currently on a 90-day Support to Trafficked People Program, funded by the federal government, but the clock is running down as he waits to find out if he can get a protection visa, given the risks he will face if he returns to PNG. The labour supplier is being investigated by the Fair Work Ombudsman for abuse and mistreatment of workers.
信息来源: News outlet
"Australia's PALM working visa scheme is a 'modern day slavery risk', advocates say. The system needs to change — and fast", 11 October 2024
ACTU president Michele O'Neil is calling on the government to reform a temporary working visa scheme that prevents workers leaving bad bosses and to blacklist dodgy employers who use migration worker exploitation as a business model.
"It is posing a modern day slavery risk," O'Neil told the ABC.
...
She has a strong case. Worker exploitation is happening in plain sight across Australia, and while there have been some reforms over the past few years, the PALM scheme is the last of the temporary visa programs where workers are tied, or bonded, to their employer, the sponsor.
It means when things go wrong, such as underpayment, excessive accommodation fees, or other forms of abuse or exploitation, workers don't have the right to change employers.
If they do leave, they automatically lose their rights, and are labelled absconders or disengaged workers of the scheme.
...
An estimated 45 workers on the PALM scheme died between June 1, 2022 and June 2023.
...