The underpayments impact an estimated 3191 staff and the recent announcement is on top of another 1000 staff members who were previously underpaid almost $700,000 in the same period.
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Speaking to multiple tutors, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), and the University, Honi Soit stepped through a patchwork system full of disputes and confusion.
The figure was released in the third edition of the Public Universities Wage Theft Report, compiled by the NTEU.
The NTEU has estimated that the accrued underpayment could total over $10 million, with some individuals being underpaid more than $45,000.
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) has demanded “major changes to university governance” after the Swinburne University of Technology conceded to $2.85 million in wage theft between 2017 and December 2023, impacting around 1,800 staff.
A new payment system adopted by Griffith University failed to pay many casual workers on March 7 leading to a dispute with the NTEU.
A casual academic working at the University of Melbourne has received a public apology in Federal Court and compensation after the university admitted she was unfairly refused work after asking for increased hours.
The NTEU’s history can provide us with a guide for future industrial action.
The protest follows mounting rebukes of managements’ treatment of casual staff, including investigations into wage theft across 21 universities.
In an administrative oversight, at least one staff member was sent the email despite having already been offered a conversion.
