The Human Rights Law Centre is calling on the Albanese Government to strengthen our modern slavery laws and for strong, independent oversight through a new Anti-Slavery Commissioner.

Each year, thousands of people are exploited in unsafe and underpaid work, endangering their health, their lives and their family’s future. For too long, a person’s ability to take action against an exploitative boss, has depended on their visa or citizenship status.

That’s why the Human Rights Law Centre welcomes the Albanese Government’s introduction of groundbreaking reforms to protect the rights of migrant workers, including:

• A world-first Workplace Justice visa, allowing migrant workers to stay in Australia with permission to work, while they hold employers to account for labour violations and modern slavery.
• A new guarantee against visa cancellation, which ensures that a migrant worker’s visa will not be cancelled if they come   forward to hold exploitative employers to account.

Each year, thousands of people are exploited in unsafe and underpaid work, endangering their health, their lives and their family’s future. For too long, a person’s ability to take action against an exploitative boss, has depended on their visa or citizenship status.

1. A world-first Workplace Justice visa, allowing migrant workers to stay in Australia with permission to work, while they hold employers to account for labour violations and modern slavery.
2. A new guarantee against visa cancellation, which ensures that a migrant worker’s visa will not be cancelled if they come   forward to hold exploitative employers to account.