Rate My Professor Jason McNeil

Jason McNeil is a Lecturer at Griffith Law School, Griffith University, based at the Gold Coast campus in Southport, Queensland. He has been working at the university for over 14 years and previously served as Vice President (Coursework) for the Griffith University Postgraduate Students Association in 2013 and 2015. McNeil has broad experience teaching courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His areas of teaching expertise include Contract Law, Torts, and Evidence. He serves as convenor for the Evidence course (5194LAW).

A key publication by McNeil is the 2018 case study '7-Eleven and Underpayment of Workers,' available in Griffith University's research repository. The study analyzes the systemic underpayment of wages and fabrication of payroll records at 7-Eleven stores, exposed by the 2015 ABC Four Corners investigation. It primarily impacted migrant workers, especially Indian international students working beyond visa limits. Violations included the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), and Franchising Code of Conduct. The Fair Work Ombudsman pursued litigation, securing a record $408,348 penalty against a Brisbane store for underpaying 12 workers $82,000. On 7 December 2016, 7-Eleven entered a Proactive Compliance Deed to repay affected workers. McNeil references the Productivity Commission's 2015 inquiry on migrant worker vulnerabilities and compares to issues at Grill'd and Domino's. The case raises questions on underpayment effects, protections, reporting, Ombudsman powers, government roles, and economic/reputational harms.