Woolworths, Qantas, the Commonwealth Bank and the ABC have all been found guilty of wage theft recently, and the list of companies continues to grow.

Spokespeople from these companies place the blame on the complex industrial relations systems not delegating consequences for these severe underpayments.

Anthony Forsyth, Professor of Workplace Law at RMIT University, joined Breakfast's Tom Mann and Zoe Kounadis to discuss the extent of wage theft in Australia.

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