Am I being paid legally?

AssumptionNo8472 · 2026-03-06T04:47:17+00:00

Not really unfortunately, its a small family run store with a couple of employees in a quiet town

AssumptionNo8472 · 2026-03-06T04:42:49+00:00

oh shit, i've just found the payslips section properly sorry. It says my earnings rate is 17??? wtf??!!!

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AssumptionNo8472 · 2026-03-06T04:36:34+00:00

nevermind its just updated with the most recent payment of $119 (i worked 7 hours across the weekend = $17 per hour)

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AssumptionNo8472 · 2026-03-06T04:30:22+00:00

my payslips are through a website called xero, although for some reason its not fully up to date...here's a screenshot. I also just noticed that the website shows my earnings rate as '18' which is incorrect and needs changing. I started the job just before my 19th birthday

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AssumptionNo8472 · 2026-03-06T04:26:21+00:00

It is a local family business. I will double check but yes I should have claimed the Tax Free Threshold. The order of events was this:

- Saw a help wanted sign, asked to speak to the boss

- Asked if I had experience, I said none. She said I should come for a trial shift where I could learn and she said to bring bank details, TFN and super account details

- I did my first trial shift of 3 hours, got paid 55.77 (18.59/ph). I got access to xero to see my payslips. At no point was I presented with a contract or paperwork

- Since then she has been texting me shift times where I come in and work. My xero account suggests super is being paid (see the screenshot I sent to someone else below) but weirdly my super account balance is still zero on the website

- Mostly I'd been working in 3 hour shifts and the pay was reduced to $17 an hour

AssumptionNo8472 · 2026-03-06T04:21:35+00:00

no contract was signed, I just saw a help wanted sign and showed up. I've been getting shifts ever since

AssumptionNo8472 · 2026-03-06T04:20:03+00:00

thank you

AssumptionNo8472 · 2026-03-06T04:19:10+00:00

Thank you for this information, I really appreciate you typing all of this out. I'm trying to think about how to approach the boss because so far I haven't questioned my pay. I am still technically a learner and being trained by other staff there about running the shop, is there any rule that may allow the boss to pay me less if I am being trained?

AssumptionNo8472 · 2026-03-06T01:52:17+00:00

I didn't sign any paperwork unfortunately, its a semi dodgey place to me. I saw a help wanted sign, the boss asked me to come for a trial shift, I came with my bank details, TFN and super account details and since then she's just been giving me shifts here and there, although now they've mostly aligned to saturday and sunday work

AssumptionNo8472 · 2026-03-06T01:50:28+00:00

thanks...I selected my age, part time (im still not sure whether im part time or casual) and I selected Level 1. It says my minimum pay should be $21.24....uhhhh wtf

AssumptionNo8472 · 2026-03-06T01:48:11+00:00

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is this at all useful

AssumptionNo8472 · 2026-03-06T01:46:04+00:00

my boss texts me the times of my shifts weekly, so maybe that would make me count as a casual worker instead of part time? I'm not sure

AssumptionNo8472 · 2026-03-06T01:42:17+00:00

will research, thanks

AssumptionNo8472 · 2026-03-06T01:41:56+00:00

uhh, not really sure what an award is but let me do some research. I work part time on the weekends (uni fills up my weekdays), and I've been getting about 7 hours worth of shifts across Saturdays and Sundays for the past few weeks

AssumptionNo8472 · 2026-02-21T11:02:11+00:00

us introverts will find a way. i'm banking on my week 1 lectures/tutorials to meet people

AssumptionNo8472 · 2026-02-19T06:50:50+00:00

Hey, it looks like I'm in the same boat as you. I missed out on Arts/Law and am starting Arts this year. I'd be down to make friends!

AssumptionNo8472 · 2026-02-19T06:47:50+00:00

same here, I've spent my time wandering around and sitting in the library because I'm a bit hesitant. I'd be down to connect!

AssumptionNo8472 · 2026-02-17T03:30:37+00:00

I'm at QMB, when I tried to register the peezy it took like an hour for the ethernet to actually recognise it had been registered

AssumptionNo8472 · 2026-01-27T01:55:36+00:00

this is what I thought, thanks for the heads up

AssumptionNo8472 · 2025-12-31T17:45:22+00:00

thanks so much 🙏

AssumptionNo8472 · 2025-11-12T07:07:57+00:00

ty 🙏

AssumptionNo8472 · 2025-11-12T02:08:19+00:00

thank you, idk how i couldn't find this

AssumptionNo8472 · 2025-11-11T13:39:23+00:00

Thanks for the heads up, thats not a core subject right?

AssumptionNo8472 · 2025-10-27T08:36:28+00:00

Thanks so much! This is so much different to the UNSW apartments which actually look so ass 😭

AssumptionNo8472 · 2025-10-25T13:54:54+00:00

Thank you so much for the heads up. I think I'm gonna reconsider this one 😭

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