Woolworths underpayments affects nearly 6000 workers

Shoppers walk past a Woolworths store in Sydney. Woolworths Group will hand down it's full year results. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING Source: AAP

Retail giant Woolworths has admitted underpaying thousands of its employees by hundreds of millions of dollars over a nine-year period. The Fair Work Ombudsman is looking to prosecute the retailer for breaching workplace law.

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