About 79% of International students are being underpaid according to United Voice. United Voice is a union for all workers. Last year there was about 1500 places being inspected by the Fair work Ombudsman.
This year a huge Asian market in Adelaide called Mariana Market which employs a large number of Asian students. Their owner did not pay them properly and she was fined a lot of money.
A Cairns sushi bar paid their Chinese, Korean and Japanese workers $9 an hour when they should have got $22-$24 per hour. The owner was made to pay back that money.
Gloria Jeans in Melbourne has been fined recently for underpaying students by about $14-$15 per hour.
One of our classmates did a trial shift where the employer said that they would pay her a minimum of $8 per hour in a Chinese takeaway store if she was successful
Recently via Meld we also heard that someone else was being underpaid by about $8 at Cafenatics. When she contacted head office they told her to contact her supervisor. To this day she still has no reply.
You can check out the Fairwork site for your entitlements and pay. This site has information in 27 languages so you are bound to find information in your language. You can also complain to them if you are being underpaid or treated unfairly. Everyone has a right to be heard.
International students what is your experience in regards to pay?
This year a huge Asian market in Adelaide called Mariana Market which employs a large number of Asian students. Their owner did not pay them properly and she was fined a lot of money.
A Cairns sushi bar paid their Chinese, Korean and Japanese workers $9 an hour when they should have got $22-$24 per hour. The owner was made to pay back that money.
Gloria Jeans in Melbourne has been fined recently for underpaying students by about $14-$15 per hour.
One of our classmates did a trial shift where the employer said that they would pay her a minimum of $8 per hour in a Chinese takeaway store if she was successful
Recently via Meld we also heard that someone else was being underpaid by about $8 at Cafenatics. When she contacted head office they told her to contact her supervisor. To this day she still has no reply.
You can check out the Fairwork site for your entitlements and pay. This site has information in 27 languages so you are bound to find information in your language. You can also complain to them if you are being underpaid or treated unfairly. Everyone has a right to be heard.
International students what is your experience in regards to pay?
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