'Exploitation': Laurent was paid $60 for eight hours work

By Anna Patty, Workplace Editor
Updated November 21 2017 - 8:37am, first published 7:22am

A landmark study has found wage theft is endemic across Australia with a quarter of international students and a third of backpackers earning $12 or less per hour, around half the legal minimum wage.

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