Sydney university staff found to be working nearly a day a week unpaid

Work beyond contracted hours rife' across Australian universities and women most affected

University staff are taking on hundreds of hours of unpaid work to keep courses going, according to a new report conducted among casuals at the University of Sydney.

Staff are being underpaid by thousands of dollars as they work beyond their contracted hours, in what the National Tertiary Education Union says is common practice across the university sector.