Australian Red Cross admits $20m staff underpayment is yet to be fully paid, 18 months on

Charity told its workers around May 2018 the money would be paid over the coming months, but about 30% of them are still waiting for it

The Australian Red Cross Society has admitted it will take until June 2020 to pay the $20m owed in back pay to workers more than 18 months after news of the underpayment broke.

Guardian Australia revealed in May 2018 that Red Cross had failed to pay its workers correctly after discovering the organisation had made incorrect assumptions about the award and enterprise agreement coverage, as well as classification of roles, meaning staff had been underpaid over a number of years.

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