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title: "Australia: New laws target worker exploitation"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/30b9a451-ce7e-47b1-a5f9-afcf8769b3ae
source: "Global Franchise"
original_url: https://www.global-franchise.com/news/australia-new-laws-target-worker-exploitation
author: "Global Franchise Team"
category: "Regulation"
topics: ["Regulation & legal"]
published: 2017-09-14T10:56:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T22:32:56.697Z
image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1505664194779-8beaceb93744?w=1600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop
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# Australia: New laws target worker exploitation

**TL;DR:** Australia has passed the Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Bill, assigning some responsibility to franchisors for the conduct of their franchisees. The legislation places significant additional responsibility on franchisors for the employment practices of their franchisees.

*By Global Franchise Team, originally published in Global Franchise on 2017-09-14. [Read the original](https://www.global-franchise.com/news/australia-new-laws-target-worker-exploitation).*

## Story

1. News

2. Australia: New laws target worker exploitation

Australia has passed the Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Bill, assigning some responsibility to franchisors for the conduct of their franchisees. The legislation places significant additional responsibility on franchisors for the employment practices of their franchisees and franchisors will now be directly liable for non-compliance within their network. Any franchisor that was betting on the legislation not eventuating or hoping the FCA could water down the impact was sorely mistaken.

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## Entities

- General (sector)
- Global Franchise (publication)
- international expansion (topic)
- James Fell (person)
- Australia (location)
- regulation (topic)
- master franchise investment (topic)
- Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Bill (regulator)
- worker exploitation (topic)

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Originally reported by Global Franchise Team, Global Franchise (https://www.global-franchise.com/news/australia-new-laws-target-worker-exploitation). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/30b9a451-ce7e-47b1-a5f9-afcf8769b3ae).