Court ruling on underpayments a ‘calamity’ for Coles

Coles faces a massive blowout in what it owes staff in back pay after a landmark decision that found the supermarket giant’s failure to record the overtime of its managerial employees was a “calamity” for the company.

In a long-awaited judgment, Federal Court Justice Nye Perram on Friday held that under Fair Work regulations, Coles and Woolworths were required to record overtime hours of up to 28,000 salaried managers who were allegedly underpaid from 2013, and that relying on rosters or clocking in and out was not enough. Loading...