'Our team members should expect to be paid correctly. We deeply regret this has not occurred and apologise unreservedly to our team'.
Upmarket department store David Jones and the Country Road Group have emerged as the latest major retailers to have underpaid staff, with the companies owing a total of $3.7 million to more than 7000 staff members.
Similarly, a $2.36 million unpaid wage bill was uncovered at Country Road Group, which owns retail brands Country Road, Trenery, Mimco, Witchery and Politix. This affected 1100 workers, mainly within the Politix business.Woolworths Holdings, which is not affiliated with Australian supermarket chain Woolworths, blamed the underpayments on system errors relating to rostering and payroll systems, with interim chief executive Ian Moir apologising for the incident.
closing stores and selling property to reduce its massive debt pile and ensure the future viability of the once-prosperous department store. "All companies need to properly invest in their payroll systems to ensure there is no repeat of the long chain of underpayment announcements we have seen in the last year and a half," he said.
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