It follows similar wage theft class actions in Western Australia, where $165m was awarded, and in Queensland, where $190m was awardedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government will pay up to $202m compensation to thousands of Indigenous workers whose wages were stolen while working in the Northern Territory last century.The payout is part of the settlement of a class action on behalf of workers and their families who were subject to Commonwealth wage control legislation between 1933 to 1971. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/sep/06/nt-indigenous-worker-stolen-wages-class-action-pay-out-albanese-government
Author : Australian Associated Press
Publish date : 2024-09-06 08:00:20
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