Payslip wars: Australian jobseekers suffer harassment in ‘a crazy system that doesn’t work for anyone’

‘We already report our income to Centrelink … the job agency has no need for that information, except to maximise the amount of money they extract out of the system for jobs that we find ourselves.’ Photograph: z_wei/Getty Images

A former employee of one of Australia’s biggest job network providers has spoken up about the extreme methods they use to claim public money when jobseekers find employment.

One researcher called the process – supposedly designed to help people enter the workforce or increase their hours – a “crazy system that doesn’t work for anyone”.