
Fair Work Ombudsman finds Australian workers were underpaid over half a billion in 2023
More than half a billion dollars in underpayments have been recovered and back-paid to Australian workers this year, the Fair Work Ombudsman has revealed. An incredible $509 million for 251,475 underpaid workers was recovered in 2022-23, the workplace regulator said. More than half ($317 million) of the recoveries came from large corporate and university employers…