Low wages and crammed accommodation being top of the list, so it was great to hear Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse announce yesterday that the government will finally crackdown on employers who breach immigration and employment laws when recruiting migrant workers.
"Migrant workers make a valuable contribution to our workforce and have the same rights as any other worker," Mr Woodhouse said.
"It is simply unacceptable that those employers who exploit migrant workers are still able to recruit from the international labour market and disadvantage those employers who do the right thing."
From what I understand it's thankfully not a three strikes and you are out law. It's one strike and that's it. You don't have the privilege of employing migrant workers again for up to two years.
It will be interesting to see how people who get caught exploiting these workers manage to get their harvest in the following season.
