The Iconic Has Repaid More Than $1M In Unpaid Wages While Syd Employees Claim Grim Conditions

Employees for mega fashion retailer The Iconic have alleged some grim working conditions in one of its Sydney offices. It was also recently revealed the company had paid back around $1 million in underpaid wages. The Sydney Morning Herald published a lengthy piece on Tuesday containing claims from current and former employees. According to the piece, staff in Alexandria, Sydney described working in a converted warehouse which didn’t have air con or central heating. One former staffer alleged there are “no windows or air conditioning, the only outside air you get comes from the big delivery door when you open it”. They also claimed employees had portable fans on their desks at all times to “try and combat the heat”. Another ex-staffer described people “walking around in blankets” during winter and said “they even issued us thermal gloves but they were impossible to type in”. One of the wildest claims reported by The SMH

The Sydney Morning HeraldThe SMH Erica Berchtold

“We’ve taken responsibility for our mistake and have self-reported it to the Fair Work Ombudsman.

“We are also working with independent experts and investing significantly in our [human resources] information and payroll processes and systems to ensure this does not happen again.”

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