Blunder Down Under: Cosmetics giant Lush agrees to pay back $4.4m to underpaid Australian workers

By Becky Bargh | Published: 17-Nov-2020
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The bath bomb brand admitted to underpaying more than 3,000 staff between 2010 and 2018

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Cosmetics giant Lush has admitted to underpaying 3,130 Australian workers by more than $4m between 2010 and 2018.

Australia's Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) said that Lush had failed to provide the correct rates for

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