Coles subcontractor underpaid trolley collectors by $220000
Bhupinder Singh was a trolley collector who was underpaid $90,000. Picture: Kelly Barnes/The AustralianTHEY perform one of the lowest paid, but essential jobs that keep our supermarkets running like clockwork. But Coles trolley collectors have been getting paid as little as $5 an hour, in an exploitation scandal that has seen the supermarket giant lashed by the Fair Work Ombudsman.Fair Work Ombudsman Natalie James told the Australian it was time for big business to stop turning a blind eye to un..>> view originalASA calls for royal commission in wake of CommInsure scandal
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Thursday, March 10, 2016
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