I’m being silenced and fired for speaking up

Hi guys, Sorry if this the wrong place but I’m kind of really struggling at the moment and I don’t know what to do.

Location: Melbourne Australia

I am a Manager, and formally a Department leader for this business. A little over 5 months ago, while I was working for this particular really large fast food franchise, I was made to work between multiple locations due to restructures which was honestly not a problem. I enjoyed working in the many locations for the same franchiser. But my pay was being withheld from one of these locations. When I questioned and complained about it, I was told that my supervisor had held it as he wasn’t aware I worked at that store. Thinking it was weird, I sited the law to him on payments and making sure he was paying me within the required time frame from my informing him. Pretty sure at the time and even now it was the right thing to do. It took 3 weeks before I got my missing pay….. well over the time required. I spoke to the supervisor letting him know of that fact. Since then my shifts had been cut down from 40 hours a week to no more than 16. I was made to beg for shifts between the different stores and when I asked what dictated harassment to my store managers, I was informed I would probably be losing my job.

The same company that less than a month ago had a store manager punch a 17 year old, and had the manager moved to a different store to keep it quiet.

I know I may be writing emotionally and I’m sorry, but I’m being told to vacate my property because I can no longer keep up with my rent. And with the state of employment at the moment, it is proving to be a really difficult task to find a new job at the moment. I’ve been forced into a corner… Just looking for some advice, even if I am in the wrong I just want to know. Thank you and apologies in advance.