Australian Universities Owe $83 Million in Underpaid Wages

Australian Universities Owe $83 Million in Underpaid Wages
A general view of Sydney University campus in Sydney, Australia, on April 6, 2016. Brendon Thorne/Getty Images
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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.
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