The scale of the problem varied significantly by faculty, with around 26% of staff in information technology and in medicine, nursing and health sciences underpaid.
In engineering the figure was about 18%, and in science about 15%. At the other end of the spectrum, less than 1% of staff in law and in art, design and architecture were underpaid, and less than 2% in arts.
Despite the widespread underpayments, FWO Anna Booth said Monash deserves credit for its acknowledgement and commitment to rectifying issues.
“The matter serves as a warning of the significant long-running problems that can result from an employer failing to have appropriate checks and balances to ensure workplace compliance. We expect universities to meet their legal obligations under their own enterprise agreements,” said Booth.
Monash’s errors included failing to pay correct rates for original and repeat tutorials, not meeting minimum engagement obligations for activities performed, and underpaying for original lectures and tutorials.
The university also failed to provide entitlements required under multiple enterprise agreements.
Monash self-reported non-compliance to the FWO in September 2021 after identifying underpayments and made a further disclosure in December 2024.
Individual underpayments ranged from less than $5 to more than $210,000, including interest and superannuation. Average underpayments were about $5,300 in the 2021 disclosure and about $1,000 in the later one.
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