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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Stephanie Convery and Cait Kelly

Australian job providers under investigation for demanding payslips from jobseekers

Greens senator Penny Allman-Payne
During estimates on Monday, Greens senator Penny Allman-Payne asked the department what it had done to stop providers harassing people for their payslips. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The federal department of employment and workplace relations has investigated job services providers who demand jobseekers provide payslip information so the company can claim public money, but has so far taken no action against them.

Department officials were questioned on Monday during Senate estimates, after a Guardian Australia investigation in April revealing that many job services providers were hounding jobseekers for payslips.

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