Wesfarmers workers underpaid $15m as company blames 'inadvertent errors'

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Up to 6,000 current and former employees of Blackwoods, Workwear Group, Coregas and Greencap underpaid since 2010

Up to 6,000 current and former employees at Wesfarmers’ industrial division were underpaid an estimated $15m, Guardian Australia has learned.

 

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No company would admit to underpayment being advertent.

Right

Why does this always happen to workers not to CEO? Never heard that inadvertently CEO & other top corporate officers were underpaid, but heard many times that they were overpaid!

Too many Australian articles. Is there no UK news.

We have to keep saying it - theft of employees' wages and entitlements is a virtual business model for some companies. Our 'business friendly' government will smirk and then slap them with a wet lettuce leaf. Reviving unions is the only safeguard.

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