Submission to the Wage Theft Inquiry
Policies, Publications & Submissions - May 1, 2026
Submission by the Australian Council of Trade Unions to the Senate Standing Committees on Education and Employment – Education and Employment References Committee Inquiry into Wage Theft
The ACTU welcomes the opportunity to make this submission to the Senate Education and Employment References Committee’s Inquiry into Wage Theft. We note that the criminal offence of intentional underpayment introduced by the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Act 2023 (Cth) (Closing Loopholes Act) is currently the subject of the independent review of that legislation being conducted by Ms Susan Booth, to which we have also made a submission.
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