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Woolworths’ ballooning underpayments muddy a strong half
The supermarket giant revealed a relatively strong half yesterday, but an ever-worsening underpayments scandal has left...

FWO takes Coles to court over alleged $115m in underpayments
Last year Coles said it had underpaid workers by around $20 million – the FWO thinks otherwise.

FWO taking Woolworths to court for failure to back-pay underpaid workers
According to the FWO, Woolies underpaid 70 employees a total of $1.17 million between March 2018 and 2019, and it has fa...

Class action alleges On The Run underpaid staff by up to $70 million
Lawsuit says more than 8000 current and former workers are affected.

Criminal penalties for corporate wage theft are appealing, but won’t fix the problem on their own
Here are the real reasons wage theft keeps happening.

How to avoid an underpayment fiasco
Employers must make the effort to understand the complexities of modern awards or risk reading their names on the next l...

Best of 2019: Payment scandals
One of the biggest stories of the year was the failure to pay retail staff correctly.

Failure to comply: endemic underpayment
Partner content: Why is it so difficult for retailers to pay employees correctly?

No, a ‘complex’ system is not to blame for corporate wage theft
If Woolies can keep track of food use-by dates, it should be able navigate the wage system.

FWO on underpayment: Self-disclosure no longer enough
Big businesses that underpay to face multi-year audits, training, public apologies.

Subway under investigation for underpaying workers
Franchisees in the firing line over wage theft claims.

Michael Hill to rectify six years of underpayment
Retailer finds it underpaid staff over six years, and may need to spend up to $25m to fix it.

Domino’s facing class action over underpayment claims
Pizza giant accused of underpaying tens of thousands of workers over five-year period.

Chatime facing allegations of rampant underpayment
Bubble tea chain subject of latest underpayment scandal.

Beaurepaires identifies nine years of payment mistakes
Retailer has both underpaid and overpaid around 3700 staff since 2010.

Taskforce recommends criminal penalties for wage theft
What to do with retailers when underpayment isn't a mistake?

7-Eleven pays out $150 million to staff
Convenience chain continues to pay back staff after revelations of under-payments and poor record-keeping.

Woolworths trolley deed a warning to more
Ombudsman believes deal should be a warning to other businesses.

Domino’s refutes squeezing franchisees
Pizza chain responds to speculation it's underpaying staff and selling visas.