Fremantle-based Austal Ships, who was the recipient of a Coalition election pledge to build more patrol boats, was last year found to have underpaid foreign workers.
A naval contractor that Prime Minister Scott Morrison promised $124 million this week in an election campaign event was last year found to have grossly underpaid workers brought over from the Philippines who did not even receive the minimum wage.
The Electrical Trades Union, which raised claims of wage theft before the investigation took place, alleged following its own analysis that the workers brought over on stints to the West Australian shipyard in late 2020 were being paid as little as $11 an hour. “Taxpayers have a right to be sure that our tax dollars are not facilitating wage theft ... why isn’t Scott Morrison’s government using its purchasing power to guarantee even minimum standards?”The company and the Coalition were both contacted for comment on Friday.
The Ombudsman’s report said the rate included a 30 per cent bonus “purportedly” paid upon the workers’ return to the Philippines, “but the inclusion of this amount is also insufficient to meet the requirements of the award,” being the Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award 2020.
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