Australia: Linx Employment investigated following alleged labour rights abuse of Pacific Islander workers, incl. co. comments
摘要
日期: 2023年7月17日
地點: 澳洲
企業
Linx Employment - Labour Supplier受影響的
受影響的總人數: 190
移民和移民工人: ( 190 - 太平洋島嶼 , 農業和畜牧 , Gender not reported , Documented migrants ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 巴布亞紐幾內亞 , 農業和畜牧 , Women , Documented migrants ) , 移民和移民工人: ( 數字未知 - 萬那杜 , 農業和畜牧 , Men , Documented migrants )議題
Wage Theft , Restricted mobility , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , 食物權 , 恐嚇和威脅 , 剝奪言論自由 , Failing to renew visas , Irregular Work回應
已邀請回應:是,由News outlet
後續行動: Linx did not respond to repeat requests for comment by ABC prior to publication. A subsequent statement was released in which the company director said the company had operated for 10 years without negative findings.
資訊來源: News outlet
“Linx Employment under investigation for alleged mistreatment of Pacific Islander workers”
A prominent Australian labour hire company is under investigation amid allegations Pacific Islanders hired to work on Queensland farms are being left without shifts, forcing them into homelessness and leaving them without money to return home…
It comes as Linx Employment staff, who came to Queensland's Bundaberg region on seasonal visas under the federal government's labour mobility scheme, allege they have been without employment and income for several months…
Workers also claim they have been threatened with visa terminations by the company.
Some workers who spoke with the ABC are living in tents or squalid conditions as they cannot afford to pay for the accommodation provided to them…
The AWU claims Linx Employment have threatened and bullied vulnerable workers…
Linx Employment did not respond to multiple requests from the ABC for comment before publication.
In a subsequent statement, company director Kim Layton said Linx Employment had operated for 10 years without negative findings.
"We proudly entered the Bundaberg market looking for space for our Pacific workers to find seasonal work when there was no work in Tasmania," she said.
She confirmed there were workers that had been without employment for several weeks…