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Woolworths
Woolworths faces more than 1000 criminal charges over unpaid leave
One of Australia’s largest employers has been hit with more than 1000 criminal charges for allegedly underpaying more than $1 million in long service leave to 1235 former workers.
- by Ben Schneiders
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Opinion
The lowdown
Wage theft: When ‘chief people officers’ forget workers and their rights
Could the dwindling number of industrial professionals experts be contributing to the spread of wage theft?
- by Betty Frino
Beef up workplace ombudsman to catch underpayers, report recommends
Stronger visa rules will also prevent worker exploitation, the Grattan Institute has found. Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil agrees visa reforms are needed.
- by Rachel Clun
Investigation
University
Inside Australia’s university wage theft machine
Casual and sessional workers tell their stories of being underpaid and exploited by some of Australia’s most respected and prestigious institutions.
- by Ben Schneiders
Investigation
Education
Monash tries to dodge $10m wage theft bill as uni sector wage crisis deepens
Australia’s largest university is seeking to avoid paying at least $10 million it allegedly owes its staff by using an unusual legal tactic.
- by Ben Schneiders
‘A thousand times worse than Bangladesh’: How international students are finding Sydney
When future engineer Rafiul Hossain arrived in Sydney, he didn’t expect to have to share his bed with bugs. And he isn’t the only newcomer to our fair city with a story to tell.
- by Angus Dalton, Billie Eder, Millie Muroi, Anthony Segaert and Angus Thomson
‘A recipe for disaster’: The rules putting Sydney’s international students at risk
After three years of restricted travel and online learning, international students have returned to Sydney in projected record numbers. But what, exactly, have they signed up for?
- by Angus Dalton, Billie Eder, Millie Muroi, Anthony Segaert and Angus Thomson
‘Unsavoury and difficult’: Instances of wage theft reach record highs
As the cost of everything from petrol, insurance and the mortgage steadily climbs, our wages need to stretch further than ever before.
- by Nina Hendy
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Entrepreneur
Unpaid migrant workers from failed start-up waiting on luxury house sales
Foreign workers employed by the collapsed AI marketing start-up Metigy have been left in limbo as they wait for the sale of former chief executive David Fairfull’s homes.
- by Anthony Segaert and Nick Bonyhady
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Restaurants
Victorian restaurant first to be criminally charged over wage theft
The Victorian Wage Inspectorate has filed criminal charges against the Macedon Lounge for alleged wage theft in an Australian first that could see $1 million in fines handed out.
- by Charlotte Grieve
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Media & marketing
Ex-staff take on embattled news start-up over unpaid wages
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is also examining the company’s conduct.
- by Zoe Samios