Wage scandal
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- Industrial relations
AFL to dump security firm at Marvel over alleged underpayment
One Melbourne security guard told The Age “it’s almost impossible to find a reputable security firm that does pay correctly”.
- Cameron Houston and Nick McKenzie
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- Immigration
‘Every time we had to ask for pay’: Workers are losing billions in migrant wage scandal
The largest study of migrant working conditions in Australia has found 65 per cent are underpaid, with more than one-third earning below the minimum wage.
- Annika Smethurst
- Special series
- The restaurant tycoons
The recalibration of George Calombaris: A nervous chef returns to the city that left his empire in ruins
After a high-profile underpayments debacle, George Calombaris found himself in a dark spiral – but he says he came out the other side a different man.
- Dani Valent
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- Retail
Super Retail board faces fresh legal battle for allegedly tampering with timesheets
Law firm Adero Law is preparing to mount a class action alleging thousands of store managers at Rebel Sport, Supercheap Auto, BCF and Macpac were underpaid for years.
- Jessica Yun and Colin Kruger
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- Holidays
‘Toxic and very dysfunctional’: Sydney adults-only resort slides into chaos
The exclusive ecotourism retreat has closed its doors amid claims of wage theft, bullying, and a battle over who actually owns it.
- Ben Cubby
‘Ignorance and inattention’: Bubble tea giant Chatime fined for wage scandal
The bubble tea chain and its managing director Chen “Charlley” Zhao have been penalised for ripping off 152 workers in 2016.
- Jessica Yun
The WA university executives paid more than our state premier
A new report has revealed university executives’ pay, as union figures raise concerns over a lack of scrutiny of those in the top jobs.
- Holly Thompson
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- Victoria
Justice department owes staff millions in back pay, union alleges
Lawyers for the Community and Public Sector Union allege “multiple contraventions” of two enterprise bargaining agreements.
- Broede Carmody and Kieran Rooney
- Special series
- Behind the Headlines
We gave a celeb a ‘halo’ on this magazine cover. Then came the social media pile-on
As journalists, we dish it out and we take it. We can’t – and shouldn’t – complain. But I’d be lying if I said this story didn’t shake me.
- Katrina Strickland
- Opinion
- Opinion
Trumpian populism hasn’t taken off in Australia. I think I know why
Living standards in Australia have hardly risen for the past decade, but as disappointing as that is, it’s significantly worse elsewhere.
- Ross Gittins