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casuals

Education, News //

Investigation into underpayment of casuals continues

The University seemingly set out to investigate casuals’ wage theft without a specific plan to speak with casuals. The University has since disputed this claim.

October 20, 2022 Sam Randle
News //

“A better university is possible”: NTEU protests casualisation crisis

The protest follows mounting rebukes of managements’ treatment of casual staff, including investigations into wage theft across 21 universities.

November 19, 2021 Claire Ollivain
Education, News //

Monash to repay $8.6m in stolen wages, though casuals remain short-changed

Monash avoided classifying the issue as wage theft, instead using the term “unintentional underpayments.”

November 8, 2021 Jeffrey Khoo and Deaundre Espejo
News //

Senate Committee slaps down unis over casualisation, wage theft

The committee heard casualisation had negative impacts on academic freedom, the student experience, and the wellbeing of casual employees.

October 22, 2021 Max Shanahan
News //

Casual staff launch $2 million wage theft claim against USyd management

Staff are demanding renumeration for six years of unpaid marking and administration work.

October 15, 2021 Claire Ollivain
Investigation //

Creative accounting: NSW public universities must be more transparent with employment data

The ACNC statistics are alarming: in 2020, the workforce in NSW public universities shrunk by over 13,000.

October 14, 2021 Jeffrey Khoo
News //

After USyd’s denial, Fair Work Ombudsman issues strong rebuke to universities

“It seems that everyone now knows systematic underpayment occurs in Australian universities — everyone, that is, except our managers.”

October 10, 2021 Max Shanahan
News //

FASS dismisses wage theft evidence in internal investigation

Claims of wage theft were referred to as “a mistaken belief that casual academic staff are entitled to be paid for any time spent at their discretion and choice.”

October 7, 2021 Vivienne Guo
News //

USyd admits wage theft of $12.75 million

“Once again the University's response appears very much to be 'why pay your staff correctly when legally you can get away with underpaying them?'”

September 13, 2021 Claire Ollivain
News //

USyd Casuals Network calls for similar apology and change after UMelb VC acknowledges ‘systemic failure of respect’

Critics have said that the apology is not enough.

September 13, 2021 Joe Fidler

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