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The state opposition says the Andrews government s new wage theft laws, and the authority created to enforce them, will soon be redundant.
The federal governmentâs proposed workplace laws, introduced to Parliament in Canberra last week, contain clauses criminalising underpayments uniformly across the nation, and the state Liberals say that legislation will supersede all state and territory laws that provide for wage theft offences.
Both the Victorian and federal governments are introducing laws to help those who are overworked and, crucially, underpaid.
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But the Labor government shrugged off the attack on Monday, saying the system it is building to combat wage theft is superior to that of the federal government and it will be able to operate regardless of what happens in Canberra.
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