SYDNEY, June 14 (Reuters) - Australia's central bank will pay out just over A$1 million in back pay after an internal review found on Wednesday the bank had systematically underpaid more than a thousand current and former employees.
A review into the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) "more complex remuneration arrangements" identified 1,173 current and former staff owed roughly A$1.15 million ($777,975), according to a statement on Wednesday.
Most of the money owed came from leave entitlements that should have been paid out when staff left the bank, the bank said.
The bank should be setting an example for the broader sector on pay and was right to apologise, according to Julia Angrisano, national secretary of the Finance Sector Union.
($1 = 1.4782 Australian dollars)Reporting by Lewis Jackson; Editing by Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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