'We won't be shy': Company bosses could face Senate probe into wage theft

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Breaking: Company chiefs could be hauled before a new federal inquiry into wage theft under Senate plans to investigate scandals in a forum similar to a committee which called bank chief executives to account

, a scandal he blamed on "being creative and focused on opening more restaurants" without having proper back-office systems in place."We will take the inquiry wherever it can go in the terms of reference," Senator Gallacher told"We won't be shy about calling any and all chief executives if they've got a problem.

Senator Gallacher said the rise of "one touch payroll" software would be important to the inquiry because employers were blaming complexity for failing to pay proper entitlements. The Morrison government opposed the inquiry, with Liberal senator Jonathon Duniam saying the government had "zero tolerance" when it came to worker exploitation but "having yet another talkfest" was entirely unnecessary.

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So when are they going to look into Google & Fbook about theft of our personal data & spying?

If someone agrees to the terms of employment, how can it be considered theft? This is why our entire system is falling apart, stop lying.

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