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Australian Sports Commission reviewing staff entitlements after casual employees at AIS underpaid
Kayla Powell was working as a pool lifeguard at the Australian Institute of Sport’s Aquatic and Fitness Centre when she noticed a discrepancy with her pay.
Key points:
- The Australian Sports Commission launched a review into payments of its casual staff in September
- A spokeswoman says the ASC will expedite any historical payments owed to any identified casual staff
- The Australian Council of Trade unions says the casualisation of the workforce has led to an increase in wage theft
Ms Powell was working 25 to 38 hours per week at the Canberra-based facility and realised her casual pay was about $4 less per hour than she had been paid in similar roles with other organisations.
“You look at that and go, ‘Oh, it’s not too much’, but obviously it all…
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