Catherine Hemingway

Legal Director, Migrant Justice Institute

[Catherine Hemingway @cathemingway]

It's time to stop the discrimination and extend FEG protections to all temporary visa holders.

https://t.co/I6Ohnh9v65

[Migrant Justice Institute @MigrantJusticeI]

Our new report based on 6000-person survey reveals impact of social exclusion of temporary migrants and racism caused by Australia's callous policies will far outlast the pandemic #auspol @UNSWLaw @UTSLaw https://t.co/jKRO6PLspm

[Catherine Hemingway @cathemingway]

https://t.co/0FDd4fz5iX

Here is the link - event starts at 7.30!

[Catherine Hemingway @cathemingway]

Looking forward to chatting with Dr Nadia Chaves, Sainab Sheikh and Raf Epstein tonight, and sharing some important information about working through COVID.

[ECCV @ethnicvic]

Dr Nadia Chaves (GP & infectious disease specialist) Sainab Sheikh (Somali Women’s Development Association) @cathemingway (WEstjustice) talk about 'working through #COVID-19', hosted by @Raf_Epstein
Hindi, Arabic and Simplified Chinese captions. Register: https://t.co/v6OgpUHGZq

[Catherine Hemingway @cathemingway]

The pandemic has shone a light on the terrible impacts of insecure work. We are not all in this together. Our clients' stories along with key recommendations to stop sham contracting and wage theft, and hold big business to account in the Age.

https://t.co/phCKhpHDor

[Ben Schneiders @benschneiders]

All in this together? How rich and poor experienced the lockdown differently. Our latest work on inequality and the pandemic. With @liammannix https://t.co/UG0grw7aqI

[The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand @ConversationEDU]

For a society that prides itself on egalitarianism, the mounting evidence that vulnerable workers have borne the brunt of health and financial impacts calls for broad reform of a broken industrial relations system.

Researchers @RMIT + @CurtinUni explain: https://t.co/pvc8iOaBtL

[Migrant Justice Institute @MigrantJusticeI]

Australian government a global outlier in its callous treatment of international students. It must address this growing humanitarian crisis Our piece in The Conversation today #auspol #NoOneLeftBehind @unionsnsw @UTSLaw @UNSWLaw https://t.co/ZKOSIijm9z

[Catherine Hemingway @cathemingway]

Powerful article showing links bw insecure work and COVID-our clients in the West are concentrated in these industries, and their work is characterised by precariousness and exploitation-law reform must focus on decent work and remove structural deficiencies promoting insecurity.

[Ben Schneiders @benschneiders]

A city divided: COVID-19 finds a weakness in Melbourne's social fault lines. An investigation by me and @MillarRoyce on why the virus has hit Melbourne’s working class north and west the hardest https://t.co/ItkkeRKqd3 via @theage

[Catherine Hemingway @cathemingway]

We also call for a fair safety net (that includes ongoing social security, JobKeeper and access to FEG) for all - so workers are not forced to make impossible choices between poverty and health.

[Catherine Hemingway @cathemingway]

Our joint submission to the Temporary Migration Inquiry reveals widespread insecurity and exploitation of our international student clients (70% underpaid, 2/3 casual/contractors, 1/5 in sham contracts) - https://t.co/0cqJnumUKV

[Catherine Hemingway @cathemingway]

We call for laws that hold big business to account for exploitation in their supply chains, that stop sham contracting by presuming all workers are employees (unless proven otherwise), and migration amendments so workers can complain with confidence.

[Anthony Forsyth @AnthonyForsyt10]

The Inquiry I chaired for Vic Govt in 2016 confirmed the long term trend towards insecure forms of work & their devastating impact on real people. Since then, gig platforms have made this worse & pandemic has exposed vulnerability of so many.

[Migrant Justice Institute @MigrantJusticeI]

Migrant & refugee rights groups have joined forces w unions, lawyers & religious orgs to demand urgent government intervention in growing humanitarian crisis among international students, migrant workers & ppl seeking asylum in Australia #NobodyLeftBehind
https://t.co/xmdYdTcRrX

[Young Workers Centre @YWCVictoria]

ABS stats released this morning show there's been a HUGE decline in payroll jobs for people under 30 over the past 3 months.

There's also been a 7.1% decline in wages for people under the age of 20.

The government must create a jobs plan for young people to weather this crisis.

[Kate Jenkins @Kate_Jenkins_]

Responsibility for preventing sexual harassment should rest with employers and perpetrators, not victims. My piece in @GuardianAus today on my #RespectAtWork report and the simple and effective ways we can drive change. https://t.co/ChV5CLxuXq

[Migrant Justice Institute @MigrantJusticeI]

New report finds overwhelming majority of #internationalstudents experienced #wagetheft. 3/4 paid below minimum casual wage. Exploitation will likely worsen post-COVID & must be a priority for government reform #nobodyleftbehind #auspol #migrantworker 1/2 https://t.co/bTYijUDNba

[FECCA @iFECCA]

"Researchers found nothing had changed since a landmark survey four years ago revealed foreign students were some of this country's most exploited workers and the COVID-19 recession could make it worse."

https://t.co/qHgNTnzALG