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"Australia’s universities are blighted by insecure work and wage theft. The
sector has already repaid thousands of current and former staff about $100
million. It is expected that figure will balloon in the coming years.
Central to this sprawling wages scandal is the amount of time casual and
sessional staff are given to mark essays, meet students and prepare courses.
With marking, casual academics are typically paid a piece rate that is often
set at about 4000 words an hour. There is growing evidence that these types of
rates dramatically understate how long the work actually takes to do the job
properly.
More than half of all workers in Victorian universities are employed as casuals
or on fixed contracts, making them fearful of speaking out.
Here are the stories of some of these university workers."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
