A report released on Monday highlights the experience of migrant workers in the Australian job market.
Radha Neupane shared her experience navigating the jobs market in Australia as part of a survey by the Migrant Workers Centre.Migrant Workers Centre CEO Matt Kunkel said discrimination against those workers on temporary visas was widespread.
He said a report released by the centre on Monday found many were being precluded from even applying for certain types of jobs because of their visa status.“We're calling on the government to change the discrimination laws so that discriminating against someone on the basis of their visa would become illegal in the same way that discriminating against someone for their race, class, gender, religion, etc, would be against the law,” Mr Kunkel said.
Ms Neupane said she felt as a migrant, she had to work harder for the same outcome as permanent residents. Mr Sigdal spent three years working in aged care, where he said he experienced racism on a constant basis. He said some of his co-workers treated him and other migrants as ‘less than them’ by not providing assistance with tasks when asked or being cold and unfriendly. This was different to how they treated other colleagues.
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