Criminal penalties for corporate wage theft are appealing, but won't fix the problem on their own
- Written by Tess Hardy, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Melbourne
Australian supermarket giant Coles and discount chain Target this week joined an ignominious list of large corporations caught up in “wage theft” scandals.
Coles confessed to underpaying salaried employees about A$20 million over the past six years. Target admitted to underpaying staff about A$9 million.
Other large companies that have...
