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GPS cleaning company treated vulnerable employees as 'slaves': court
A Sydney-based cleaning company has been fined $447,300 after treating vulnerable workers as "slaves".
Andrew Taylor is a Senior Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.
A Sydney-based cleaning company has been fined $447,300 after treating vulnerable workers as "slaves".
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