Administrators have raised concerns about the payroll practices of a labour-hire company that owes seasonal workers from the Pacific Islands $4 million.
Key points:
- PGP Group Pty Ltd has been saved from collapse after going into voluntary administration with debts of $28m
- The company owes 2,412 employees more than $4m in superannuation and other entitlements
- It also owes the ATO $12.8m, but will be required to pay back three per cent of the debt under a deal struck to keep the company afloat
PGP Group Australia was in about $28m worth of debt when it went into voluntary administration on October 30 last year.
PGP Group is a major Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme employer that supplies workers to dozens of regional and rural loca…
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