Working in the interest of casuals (The Thesis Whisperer, Advocate 26 02)

In 2004, I sat down with a calculator. I was doing my tax return for 2003, which was complicated. During that financial year I had worked 26 hours a week as a casual academic over four different universities and earned roughly $30,000 before tax. I was exhausted and did not feel adequately compensated by any measure. More...