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Matthew Elmas

Woolworths reveals fresh wage theft, with $276 million yet to be repaid as legal reckoning looms

Woolworths has revealed new underpayments within its transport business as it prepares to defend its wage theft in court.

The scale of wage theft at Woolworths Group has blown out yet again, with the retailer on Wednesday revealing $70 million in additional staff underpayments, this time within its logistics business Primary Connect.

Woolworths, which has already revealed more than $600 million in underpayments over recent years, said it uncovered its latest wage theft after finishing a broad payroll review of the entire company in late 2022.

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