One of Australia’s leading mining companies, BHP, has admitted to underpaying 28,500 Australian workers’ allowances and entitlements dating back to 2010.
In a June 1 statement, the company said a preliminary review suggested that former and current workers were incorrectly deducted six days’ leave on average during the 13-year period.
“In addition, BHP has identified that approximately 400 current and former employees at Port Hedland are entitled to additional allowances due to an error with the employment entity in their contract,” the company statement stated.
The company said the cost of remediating the leave entitlements is estimated to be $423.6 million (US$280 million) pre-tax.
BHP’s Australian president, Geraldine Slattery, apologised to all current and former employees affected by the error….