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I think I’m getting legally underpaid.

Really not sure what to do here. A little context will probably help. I'm a 22 year old Australian, who's been working since the age of 17. Currently, I work at a chicken restaurant that could be considered halfway between fast food and a restaurant (rhymes with “Rando's”.) I've worked at this place for around a year and a half now. My base pay per hour currently is $20 and cents. When I told my housemate about this, it blew his mind. We checked the Aus Fairwork Ombudsmen's pay calculator; according to that, I should be earning between $23-$29 an hour. (The reason I cannot be more specific, is that my payslips do not list whether I am part time or casual. According to said government website, the minimum pay for part time, 21+year old fast food workers is $23.38, while the casual rate is is $29.23 ) I'm lost.…


Really not sure what to do here. A little context will probably help.

I'm a 22 year old Australian, who's been working since the age of 17.
Currently, I work at a chicken restaurant that could be considered halfway between fast food and a restaurant (rhymes with “Rando's”.)

I've worked at this place for around a year and a half now. My base pay per hour currently is $20 and cents.

When I told my housemate about this, it blew his mind. We checked the Aus Fairwork Ombudsmen's pay calculator; according to that, I should be earning between $23-$29 an hour.

(The reason I cannot be more specific, is that my payslips do not list whether I am part time or casual. According to said government website, the minimum pay for part time, 21+year old fast food workers is $23.38, while the casual rate is is $29.23 )

I'm lost. The owners of the store and myself already don't see eye-to-eye. I don't want to get let go, but I also don't want to be working in the conditions I am for less than the legal pay.

I've added an imgr link below with three screenshots: the casual and part time minimum pay as according to the Fairwork website, and a cropped photo of my payslip, showing my base rate.

Any and all help would be much appreciated, as I'm really at a loss.

https://imgur.com/a/awjvKmF – LINK TO THE PHOTO EVIDENCE

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