A third of Australian sector ‘underpaying staff’, union warns

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Will Covid kill off the teaching-research employment model?

Fewer casual staff and burdens of increased online teaching leave academics struggling with mounting workload and place question mark over future of traditional contractual arrangements

By John Ross

12 August

Some staff are more equal than others

Coronavirus-induced workforce shedding has exposed the chasm in Australian university employment arrangements, says John Ross

By John Ross

20 July

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Remote Summit: call to support, not sack, junior academics as pandemic hits

As online teaching increases, cutting casualised and short-term staff will cost more down the line, conference hears

By Anna McKie

15 July

Pandemic achieving long-sought decasualisation of Australian universities

‘Personal crisis’ may turn out to be a blessing in disguise for some insecurely employed staff

By John Ross

5 June

A third of Australian sector ‘underpaying staff’, union warns

Some universities acknowledge ‘errors’ totalling millions of dollars but deny deliberate ‘wage theft’

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A third of Australian sector ‘underpaying staff’, union warns

Some universities acknowledge ‘errors’ totalling millions of dollars but deny deliberate ‘wage theft’

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Some staff are more equal than others

Remote Summit: call to support, not sack, junior academics as pandemic hits

Pandemic achieving long-sought decasualisation of Australian universities

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University of Melbourne

The University of Sydney

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