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Ladybbird · 17-01-24, 11:08

Australian Catholic University Owns Up to $3.6MIL Wage Theft

Australian Catholic University Reveals $3.6MIL Underpayment of Staff

The Guardian Australia 17 JAN 2024

The Australian Catholic University (ACU) has identified staff underpayments worth approximately $3.6m over a seven-year period, becoming the latest tertiary institution to be embroiled in wage theft.

The underpayment, disclosed by the university today, relates to about 1,100 casual sessional academic staff employed across ACU from 2016 to 2023. According to ACU’s latest annual report, the university employed 1,150 fulltime equivalent academic staff – including casuals.

The ACU vice-chancellor professor, Zlatko Skrbis, emailed staff this morning to advise them of the inaccuracies picked up in an extensive audit. The underpayments primarily related to unpaid or underpaid entitlements due to PhD qualifications or higher duties.

In the email, viewed by Guardian Australia, Skrbis wrote ACU became aware of the issue in late 2022 and advised the audit and risk committee the following year of “anomalies” around potential underpayments at one school.

We will directly contact all former and current staff who we know have been affected by this so we can apologise to them, advise them of the amount owed to them and reassure them that the underpayment will be paid in full, with interest, as soon as possible.

You deserve to be paid correctly for your work and it is our responsibility to ensure you are being paid correctly. On behalf of the university, I would like to sincerely and unequivocally apologise on behalf of the university and the senate to every employee – past and present.

ACU has disclosed the underpayments to the Fair Work ombudsman and relevant bodies.

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Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47,660 Thanks: 27,646 Thanked 14,458 Times in 10,262 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	Australian Catholic University Admits $3.6MIL Wage Theft -7Yr Staff Underpayments Australian Catholic University Owns Up to $3.6MIL Wage Theft Australian Catholic University Reveals $3.6MIL Underpayment of Staff The Guardian Australia 17 JAN 2024 The Australian Catholic University (ACU) has identified staff underpayments worth approximately $3.6m over a seven-year period, becoming the latest tertiary institution to be embroiled in wage theft. The underpayment, disclosed by the university today, relates to about 1,100 casual sessional academic staff employed across ACU from 2016 to 2023. According to ACU’s latest annual report, the university employed 1,150 fulltime equivalent academic staff – including casuals. The ACU vice-chancellor professor, Zlatko Skrbis, emailed staff this morning to advise them of the inaccuracies picked up in an extensive audit. The underpayments primarily related to unpaid or underpaid entitlements due to PhD qualifications or higher duties. In the email, viewed by Guardian Australia, Skrbis wrote ACU became aware of the issue in late 2022 and advised the audit and risk committee the following year of “anomalies” around potential underpayments at one school. We will directly contact all former and current staff who we know have been affected by this so we can apologise to them, advise them of the amount owed to them and reassure them that the underpayment will be paid in full, with interest, as soon as possible. You deserve to be paid correctly for your work and it is our responsibility to ensure you are being paid correctly. On behalf of the university, I would like to sincerely and unequivocally apologise on behalf of the university and the senate to every employee – past and present. *ACU has disclosed the underpayments to the Fair Work ombudsman and relevant bodies.*

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