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CDU forced to backpay $4m after underpaying 800 staff over six years
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- Charles Darwin University has been directed to back pay more than $4 million in wages.
- Charles Darwin University has entered an enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman after underpaying 823 staff more than $4 million over six years.
- It comes months after a bungle that left 400 TAFE students without accreditation, and resulted in the resignation of its former vice-chancellor and TAFE chief executive.
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Charles Darwin University has been directed to back pay more than $4 million in wages. (ABC News: Dane Hirst)
Charles Darwin University has entered an enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman after underpaying 823 staff more than $4 million over six years.
It comes months after a bungle that left 400 TAFE students without accreditation, and resulted in the resignation of its former vice-chancellor and TAFE chief executive.
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