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August 16, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

Retail company Best & Less Pty Ltd has signed an enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman to back-pay some staff a total of more than $5.2 million.<\/p>\n

In December 2020, Best & Less self-reported the underpayments after an internal review.<\/p>\n

Staff were underpaid in regional and metropolitan areas throughout every State and Territory between 2013 and 2020.<\/p>\n

Store managers and assistant managers were paid less than their minimum entitlements under the General Retail Industry Award 2010.<\/p>\n

The company admitted underpaying the employees\u2019 overtime, penalty rates, allowances and annual leave entitlements.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It also failed to keep proper records of the hours worked by store managers and assistant store managers.<\/p>\n

Best & Less will back-pay 686 current and former employees a total of $5.21 million, plus almost $500,000 in superannuation.<\/p>\n

Under the enforceable undertaking it must back-pay all staff by October.<\/p>\n

Back-payments range from $4 to $42,144. The average underpayment is about $7600.<\/p>\n

The company has 189 clothing and household linen stores throughout Australia – including an outlet in Kingaroy – plus an online platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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