including registered nurses, allied health workers and support staff to work at its facilities. Employees are employed in a mix of full time, part time and casual or temporary roles, with the exception of their Community and Personal Service employees are almost exclusively employed on a part time-permanent basis (please see table 2 below). Table 2: Aged Care Services Australia Group Pty Ltd Community and Personal Service workers employment status Work Hours Status Number of workers Full Time Permanent Workers 8 Part Time Permanent Workers 1,524 Casual Workers 473 In late November 2014, the Health Workers Union conducted an audit in relation to ACSAG payments to a number of our members that work within a number of their aged care facilities. Allegedly, the HWU audit prompted ACSAG to undertake a review of its processes for the payment of overtime rates of pay. This review identified significant failings in the procedures associated with payment of overtime entitlements. An initial audit undertaken by Japara identified that between 1 November 2008 and 30 November 2014, 4,850 current and former employees were underpaid a staggering $4,782,785 in overtime entitlements where they worked more than 8 hours on a day shift, 10 hours on a night shift or more than 76 hours in a fortnight. The Overtime Underpayments ranged from $100 or less impacting 1,730 employees, to up to more than $5,000 per employee, impacting 212 employees (Fair Work Ombudsman Investigation of ACSAG, 2014). Japara and ACSAG acknowledged that the Overtime Underpayments occurred due to a failure on their part to implement adequate systems and processes, the size of its workforce and the number of industrial instruments applying at ACSAG
including registered nurses, allied health workers and support staff to work at its facilities. Employees are employed in a mix of full time, part time and casual or temporary roles, with the exception of their Community and Personal Service employees are almost exclusively employed on a part time-permanent basis (please see table 2 below). Table 2: Aged Care Services Australia Group Pty Ltd Community and Personal Service workers employment status Work Hours Status Number of workers Full Time Permanent Workers 8 Part Time Permanent Workers 1,524 Casual Workers 473 In late November 2014, the Health Workers Union conducted an audit in relation to ACSAG payments to a number of our members that work within a number of their aged care facilities. Allegedly, the HWU audit prompted ACSAG to undertake a review of its processes for the payment of overtime rates of pay. This review identified significant failings in the procedures associated with payment of overtime entitlements. An initial audit undertaken by Japara identified that between 1 November 2008 and 30 November 2014, 4,850 current and former employees were underpaid a staggering $4,782,785 in overtime entitlements where they worked more than 8 hours on a day shift, 10 hours on a night shift or more than 76 hours in a fortnight. The Overtime Underpayments ranged from $100 or less impacting 1,730 employees, to up to more than $5,000 per employee, impacting 212 employees (Fair Work Ombudsman Investigation of ACSAG, 2014). Japara and ACSAG acknowledged that the Overtime Underpayments occurred due to a failure on their part to implement adequate systems and processes, the size of its workforce and the number of industrial instruments applying at ACSAG
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