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titleHow did this happen?

The causes of the underpayments relate to discrepancies relating to misinterpretation and misapplication of clauses in the enterprise agreements.  

More specifically, the causes include: 

  • Incorrect payments to staff who do not hold a PhD but who perform a unit-convening role. Staff who held a PhD were paid correctly. 

  • Ambiguity in the enterprise agreement regarding casual academic research assistants.  

  • Incorrectly applying a new minimum engagement clause that was introduced in the 2017 PAVE Agreement for Swinburne College and VET casual teachers. 

  • In some cases, incorrectly paying the repeat tutorial or repeat lecture rate rather than the applicable initial tutorial/lecture rate. 

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titleI have received a text message supposedly from Swinburne University, was this a legitimate message?

Yes. Swinburne sent a text message to former employees that we are yet to hear from.

The message asked recipients to call Swinburne on 03 9214 8600 to discuss their circumstances.

The message included a link to unsubscribe from future messages, this is a requirement from our text message platform.

Swinburne has taken action

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