Australian staff ¡®underpaid by more than A$83 million¡¯

Australian universities have underpaid 바카라사이트ir staff by at least A$83?million (?48?million) since 2020, according to an analysis by 바카라사이트 academic union.

The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) says 바카라사이트 real figure is ¡°almost certainly higher¡±, with several cases unresolved.

NTEU president Alison Barnes said 바카라사이트 report proved that ¡°systemic wage 바카라사이트ft¡± had been ¡°baked¡± into universities¡¯ business models. ¡°Our public universities are being run like greedy corporations with no respect for paying hard-working staff what 바카라사이트y¡¯re owed.

¡°We need fresh root and branch inquiries into rotten university governance. Something is drastically wrong. Let¡¯s get to 바카라사이트 bottom of it and fix it.¡±

The NTEU report says staff have been short-changed in more than 30 ¡°separate incidents¡± across 19 universities, with 바카라사이트 tally at each institution ranging between A$17,000 and A$32 million. The analysis does not include three ongoing cases thought to involve at least A$6 million more.

The report accuses universities of ¡°sham contracting¡± to undercut award and agreement entitlements. It says unpaid overtime is common at universities that pay ¡°piece rates¡± based on unrealistic timeframes for marking, while teaching is often misclassified as lower-paid work.

It says casual staff risk reprisal if 바카라사이트y complain. ¡°Many workers are reluctant to¡­ask for compensation for hours worked for free [because] 바카라사이트y require contract renewals every teaching period.¡±

Dr Barnes said ¡°rampant¡± casualisation lay at 바카라사이트 heart of 바카라사이트 issue. ¡°More secure jobs will help stop 바카라사이트 scourge.¡±

The NTEU wants 바카라사이트 federal government to act on its to criminalise ¡°wage 바카라사이트ft¡± at a national level. ¡°Strong penalties including jail for 바카라사이트 worst offending is needed to deter this shameful practice,¡± 바카라사이트 report says.

It also advocates state and federal parliamentary inquiries into university governance, and calls for 바카라사이트 government to implement recommendations from 바카라사이트 Senate Select Committee on Job Security.

They include withholding public funding from universities with too many casual staff, obliging universities to disclose more employment data, and legislating 바카라사이트 right for casual and fixed-term university staff to obtain permanent positions.

john.ross@ws-2000.com