OTR agrees to pay $5.8m to settle underpayment claims with employees

South Australia's largest private employer and convenience store chain, OTR has agreed to pay almost $6 million to settle long-running wage underpayment claims.

Federal court documents reveal OTR agreed to pay $5.8 million dollars to settle a class action involving accusations it underpaid staff across South Australia between 2014 and 2020.

The class action was launched on behalf of 1,050 workers in May 2020.

Law firm Adero Law estimated that 8,000 current or former employees were eligible to join the class action when it was first brought to court.

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