Furniture chain Super A-Mart ordered to pay out more than $1.3 million in back pay

Furniture retailer Super-A-Mart will be forced to pay out more than $1.3 million in back pay for nearly 900 staff in accordance with a ruling from the Fair Work Ombudsman.

The incident is only the latest legal tussle Super-A-Mart has faced over the past two years. Last year furniture chain Nick Scali launched legal action against the company in Federal Court over alleged misleading and deceptive conduct, while in 2009, the company was chided by the ACCC over some unclear advertisements.

This is also the first time in just over a year that Fair Work has attacked a major retailer for failing to pay staff. In July 2010, Cotton On was discovered to have failed to pay staff for training sessions.

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