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Fair Work Ombudsman Sandra Parker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 27, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Fair Work Ombudsman is calling on workers who suspect they were underpaid in previous jobs to check if they are entitled to a share in unclaimed wages.<\/p>\n

The agency is currently holding more than $2.5 million in trust for around 10,000 people who were underpaid in a former job but cannot be located.<\/p>\n

Recently appointed Fair Work Ombudsman Sandra Parker said compliance and enforcement activities regularly found underpayments of both current and former employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf an employee is owed money but has left the business and can\u2019t be located, these entitlements are held in trust until we are able to find them,\u201d Ms Parker said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe make extensive efforts to locate underpaid former employees, using internal investigation records, government public resources, social media and online tools.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since 2010, the Fair Work Ombudsman has reunited almost $2 million in unclaimed wages with more than 1800 workers.<\/p>\n

In one example, the office’s efforts to track down a former security guard led to more than $21,000 in unpaid wages and entitlements paid to the worker\u2019s family, after it was discovered the worker had died.<\/p>\n

“Similarly, we located a former employee via the electoral roll to pass on over $200 in unpaid wages, while more than $6000 was returned to a former trolley collector tracked down by the regulator,” Ms Parker said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany workers leave their jobs without even knowing that they were underpaid so all workers should check whether they are entitled to unclaimed wages.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith an average entitlement around $250, anyone who thinks they may have been short-changed in a former job should visit the FWO website<\/b><\/a> to make a claim.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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