Scandal in Swimland: School network caught underpaying hundreds of instructors

By Adele Ferguson and Sarah Danckert
Updated December 28 2016 - 11:08am, first published December 27 2016 - 11:45pm
Julia, Janelle, Shane and Kirsten - some of the staff at Paul Sadler Swimland Essendon who have banded together after discovering they had been underpaid by the company. Photo: Jason South
Julia, Janelle, Shane and Kirsten - some of the staff at Paul Sadler Swimland Essendon who have banded together after discovering they had been underpaid by the company. Photo: Jason South
Swimland has 15 swimming schools.  Photo: Andrew Quilty
Swimland has 15 swimming schools. Photo: Andrew Quilty
A young swimmer perfects his backstroke at Paul Sadler Swimland. Photo: Rob Gunstone
A young swimmer perfects his backstroke at Paul Sadler Swimland. Photo: Rob Gunstone

The hugely popular Paul Sadler Swimland, which provides 30,000 swimming lessons a week to children across Australia, has been caught underpaying hundreds of young instructors over six years.

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