Mitsubishi Workers Paid £1 An Hour
It has been alleged that a factory producing the Mitsubishi 380 was paying over 20 Chinese workers as little as £1 an hour.
The factory based in Adelaide was ran by the China-Sanan engineering company who appeared in court last week charged with underpaying workers by up to £175,000.
Mitsubishi closed the plant after sales of the 380, a large sedan declined to due what is thought the rising price of oil.
Fair Work Ombudsman Executive-Director Michael Campbell has released details that the workers were brought in under the pretence of dismantling a press that was no longer needed by Mitsubishi. It has also been revealed the visas the workers were brought in on were originally three months maximum with work not allowed.
The Ombudsman reinforced the seriousness of the issue saying:
“Strong and persistent messages need to be sent to employers that both deter this type of behaviour and reinforce the fact that exploitative practices will not be tolerated.”
The issues not the first of its kind within the car industry but third parties have been outrages that foreign companies have not had to obey to the countries workplace and employment laws.
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