Torrens University Faces Landmark Class Action by Casual Academics
Close to 1,000 casual lecturers and teachers allege Torrens underpaid them for six years of marking, meetings and student consultations, with tens of millions at stake.
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Torrens University faces landmark class action by casual academics
Save (0) Please login to bookmarkClose Username or Email Address Password Remember Me US-owned Torrens University is accused of systematically underpaying casual academics who have worked across its Australian campuses, in the first major underpayments class action against a private university. Subscribe to Lawyerly to access this article.Already a subscriber? Username or Email Address Password Remember Me L…
‘Can’t pay the rent’: 1000 academics take on employer in first class action of its kind
Tens of millions of dollars are at stake in Australia’s first-ever class action for allegedly underpaid academics.
Torrens University, a private university in Australia, is facing a class-action lawsuit from nearly 1,000 part-time academic staff who accuse the university of systematically underpaying their wages. This is the first class-action lawsuit in Australia involving unpaid wages for university academic staff.
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