Category: Staff underpayment

Underpaid Casuals at Australia’s Taronga Zoo Get $2.6M in Back Pay

June 9, 2023
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Workers from Taronga and Western Plains zoos will receive millions in back pay after the non-profit operator admitted to underpaying casual staff. The NSW zoo organisation on June 9 said it was acting to address underpayments worth about $2.6 million (US$1.7 million), including interest and superannuation. It found it was underpaying casual maintenance staff after undertaking…

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Australian Universities Owe $83 Million in Underpaid Wages

February 19, 2023
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A new report has found that Australian universities, including those at the top, have underpaid their staff by at least $83 million (US$57 million) since 2020. The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has released an analysis (pdf) that identifies 34 cases of wage theft in Australia’s higher education sector in the last three years. In…

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Australian Universities Deprive Casual Employees of Wages and Super: Inquiry

February 23, 2022
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Casual staff at Australian universities are complaining that their employers short-change them millions of dollars a year via regular underpayment practices. A parliamentary inquiry into the unlawful underpayment of workers was alerted on Feb. 22 that over nine in ten casual workers at the University of Sydney did not receive compensation for carrying out a…

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University of Tasmania Apologises for Underpaying Staff

February 4, 2022
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The University of Tasmania (UTAS) has issued an apology for underpaying staff and promised to settle the amounts owed to current and former employees with interest. Jill Bye, the Chief People Officer of the university, said in a media release that the underpayment problem occurred due to inconsistent practice and different interpretations of complex staff…

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