A report released today reveals almost one in five Queensland workers experience wage theft.
It is estimated 23 per cent of the Queensland workforce are likely to have been underpaid superannuation, or not paid superannuation at all, amounting to more than $1.1 billion in foregone super each year.
McKell Institute executive director Marianna O'Gorman says there have been few attempts to quantify the economic impact of wage theft in Australia and none to date in Queensland.