The National Farmers’ Federation has acknowledged the findings of the Migrant Workers’ Taskforce Report led by Dr Allan Fels AO and cited an agriculture-specific visa as a means to help prevent exploitation and ease the sector's labour crisis.
In the report released today, Dr Fels has made 22 recommendations to protect vulnerable workers including criminal sanctions for ‘serious and egregious’ deliberate exploitation, a bolstering of the Fair Work Ombudsman’s capacity, and the development of a National Labour Hire Registration Scheme.
Federal Jobs and Industrial Relations Minister, Kelly O’Dwyer has given ‘in principle’ support to all 22 recommendations. NFF Chief Executive Officer Tony Mahar said farmers relied on a migrant workforce and the sector had zero tolerance for the exploitation of workers.
Source: Ag-visa-needed.pdf
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Worker-Shortage-holds-farmers-to-ransom.pdf
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Tackling-labour-challenges-in-the-Australian-horticulture-industry.pdf