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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Cait Kelly

Jobseekers say Australia’s employment system forcing them into jobs with ‘terrible hours, conditions and pay’

Cleaner sits on floor next to mop
‘You do see people forced into jobs that will exacerbate a health condition, or with poor pay, or where they lack the training or experience,’ says Economic Justice Australia CEO Kate Allingham. Photograph: Image Source/Getty Images

Jobseekers say their employment providers have put them in positions where they have been given just one shift a fortnight, had to clean up large amounts of human faeces, and have been cut off payments after a close family member died.

In one case, Rebecca, who did not want her last name used, said her disability provider, Multiple Solutions, had registered her as a sole contractor and placed her into a role cleaning an aged care home in Gawler, South Australia, without telling her she was technically self-employed.

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