The Ministry of Labour yesterday said that it recovered $69m last year on behalf of workers.
A release from the ministry said that this was a 42 per cent increase from 2022, when it recovered $40 million. It recovered $38.2 million in 2021 and $13.2 million in 2020. This $160,425,575 million was owed to employees for overdue wages, yearly leave, notice, overtime payments and severance benefits.