About 11,000 job ads also reported for suspected fraud, scams
More than a thousand hirers on employment website SEEK have been banned due to indicators of exploitation.
SEEK revealed that a total of 1,285 hirers, or two per cent on the platform, have been excluded during onboarding because of "high-risk indicators" of exploitative recruitment.
The findings were published on SEEK's Half-Year Results Presentation for the financial year 2025, under its commitment to preventing exploitative recruitment in Australia.
According to the report, about 11,000 job ads were also reported by jobseekers on the platform for suspected fraud or scams. It also revealed:
The findings are part of SEEK's efforts to prevent exploitative recruitment and modern slavery on its platforms.
"SEEK is committed to ensuring that all job ads on its employment platform are for legitimate job opportunities and that job searching is safe and secure," it said on its website. "A key condition of advertising on SEEK's platform is that the job ad is a genuine, paid employment opportunity."
Meanwhile, SEEK's half-year financial results also revealed that ad volumes on the platform were down 12%, while applications per ad have grown throughout the year.
"A rise in applications per job ad was supported by growth in active job seekers, more personalised experiences, improved relevance enabled by AI, and brand strength," SEEK said in the report.
SEEK previously said the rise in applications per job ad indicates strong competition for open roles, especially amid a downward trend in job ads in the last three months of 2024.
