Getting ripped off by your employer - a podcast by triple j

Chantelle was thrilled when she got an after-school job at Subway. But she soon suspected she was being underpaid.

She's now taking the fast food giant to the Fair Work Commission.

Hospitality is one of the worst-offending industries when it comes to wage theft, according to a senate committee report handed down last week. It found underpayment in Australian workplaces is "systemic, sustained and shameful".

So what should you do if you think you're being ripped off by your employer?

Plus, we look into the massive threat feral cats and foxes pose to native wildlife, killing billions of animals each year.

Also, about half of Tasmanians are considered "functionally illiterate" - so what's going on with literacy levels in the state?

And a quick politics update after a big 48 hours, including allegations of racism against the PM, and the resignation of Tassie premier Peter Gutwein.



Guests
Dr Katherine Moseby, ecologist
Chantelle Zentveld, former Subway worker
Sharmilla Bargon, employment law solicitor, Redfern Legal Centre
Claudia Long, Hack political reporter

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