More than 1,700 current and former staff were underpaid between 2018 and 2024
Disability services provider Sunnyfield has back-paid about $5.36 million to a total of 1,633 current and former employees who it underpaid between 2018 and 2024.
According to a media release from the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO), Sunnyfield's back-payment consists of $4.47 million in wages and entitlements, as well as nearly $900,000 in combined superannuation and interest.
About $78,500 remains unpaid for 134 employees who have not yet been located, according to the FWO.
The back-payments come after Sunnyfield identified and self-reported to the FWO in October 2024 compliance issues relating to employee pay point progression.
The issues were identified after an external payroll audit, which found that pay point progression requirements under the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services (SCHADS) Industry Award 2010 and an enterprise agreement had been applied inconsistently.
This led to underpayments affecting a total of 1,767 current and former Sunnyfield employees, including community support workers, service coordinators, team leaders, and service managers, who worked in full-time, part-time, and casual roles.
The average underpayment reached $3,078, while the highest underpayment for an individual hit $23,378, including superannuation and interest.
Impacted entitlements include base rates of pay, casual loading, weekend penalties, overtime, shiftwork...
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