French arms manufacturer Thales underpaid Australian workers by $5.4m

Thales says error should not have occurred and company is examining whether further payments need to be made

The French multinational arms company Thales underpaid Australian workers by $5.4m over seven years. Some 240 Australian workers across five sites in Victoria and New South Wales have been affected.

Guardian Australia understands the underpayment was the result of a human resources bungle related to discrepancies between workers on individual contracts and those on a similar job classification on the collective agreement.

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