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Fair Work Ombudsman recovers $123m in unpaid wages for Australian workers – 7NEWS.com.au
“The prevalence and the scale of this type of non-compliance is extremely disappointing and concerning.”
The workplace watchdog clawed back more than $123 million in unpaid wages for 25,583 workers over the past financial year.
The Fair Work Ombudsmans 2019/20 annual report shows the amount recovered is more than three times that of the previous financial year.
Major employers dobbing themselves in represented a significant chunk of underpayments, with large corporations increasingly self-reporting since July 2019.
Those matters typically involved large and complex underpayments affecting thousa…
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