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at 12:40 pm on July 20, 2021 | 12 comments
Labor has called on the federal government to lift the pay floor on temporary ‘skilled’ visa holders, claiming that it is mugging Australians of job opportunities and contributing to the nation’s low wage growth:
Aussies are missing out on pay rises because employers are able to fill gaps with cheap overseas workers, according to the federal opposition who are crying out for government action.
Australian workers are being denied long-awaited pay rises because the minimum wage paid to temporary skilled migrants has been frozen for eight years, it is claimed.