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Young workers facing wage-theft crisis

More than half of young workers aged under 25 have experienced wage-theft in the past 12 months according to UnionsACT’s latest annual youth survey.

The survey of over 300 young people aged 14-24 was conducted in January 2019, and is the third annual survey of young ACT workers.

The full report is available here.

Wage-theft committed by employers against workers has increased from 44% in 2018 to 52% in 2019. This includes 20% of young workers who are children aged under 18.

Key findings:

  • Experience of wage-theft has increased to 52% for young workers aged under 25.
  • More young women experience wage-theft than young men, 55% compared to 50% of young men.
  • 20% of young workers (children) aged 14-17 have experienced wage-theft.

Despite over half of young workers experiencing wage-theft, only 25% reported trying to recover their stolen wages. The reasons include long and expensive legal processes, casualisation and fear of being sacked

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