Australian employers deliberately underpaying workers to face million-dollar fines or up to 10 years in jail

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Workplace relations minister Tony Burke says he is ‘surprised’ move to close loopholes has been controversial

, will also make it a criminal offence to deliberately underpay workers, with jail terms of up to 10 years and maximum fines of up to $7.8m – or three times the amount that was underpaid if that amount exceeds the maximum fine.Burke told ABC’s Insiders on Sunday the changes were to make sure workers were being paid properly.

“The objective here is not to send people to jail. The objective is to make sure that people are paid properly.” He said the commission’s considerations could also include portable leave entitlements but that would be a “long way” off.

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