Tens of thousands of McDonald's workers are in for boost to their wallets after they were found to have been underpaid in a nationwide payroll bungle that's expected to cost billions of dollars to fix.
The Unite Union announced today that it's reached an agreement with the fast food giant to pay out staff over the past ten years.
It's one of hundreds of private and public organisations embroiled in the botch up, which stemmed from annual leave entitlements being miscalculated after the Holidays Act was amended in 2003.
Matthew Theunissen reports.
