A fourteenth person is today facing charges in a labour hire scam worth an estimated $20 million. Meanwhile three parties have been fined $245k for labour hire breaches. read more
A Parliamentary report on Australia's temporary migration schemes renews prior calls for national labour hire licensing and 'same job, same pay' practices, but largely ignores opportunities to address critical skills issues, industry leaders say. read more
Australian employers and staffing companies would benefit from a "light-touch" national labour hire licensing scheme, provided it overrides existing state and territory regimes, an industry group says. read more
