University wage theft set to surpass AU$382 million – Union

Wage theft at Australian universities is projected to exceed AU$382 million (US$255 million), according to the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU), which called for accountability among vice-chancellors and executives, writes Dexter Tilo for HRD.

In NTEU’s latest report, it revealed that the total amount of money so far in identified wage theft in Australian universities has reached AU$382,048,628.

Alison Barnes, NTEU national president, said wage theft at universities has “spiralled beyond a crisis into a national disgrace”. In a statement, Barnes said: “Vice-chancellors and senior executives must be held to account for the industrial-scale wage theft that has become the shameful hallmark of Australian universities.”
Full report on the HRD site