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‘Can’t pay the rent’: 1000 academics take on employer in first class action of its kind
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Tens of millions of dollars are at stake in Australia’s first-ever class action for allegedly underpaid academics.
- Tens of millions of dollars are at stake in Australia’s first-ever class action for allegedly underpaid academics.
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- ‘Can’t pay the rent’: 1000 academics take on employer in first class action of its kind
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