Warehouse lifts staff entitlements provision 37% with holiday backpay looming

Warehouse lifts staff entitlements provision 37% with holiday backpay looming
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth Sept. 23 (BusinessDesk) - Warehouse Group lifted its staff entitlements provisioning for 2017 by more than a third with the country's biggest listed retailer one of a number of big businesses trying to work out the impact of years of underpaying holiday pay.  The Auckland-based company current provisioning for employee entitlements - which include annual leave and accumulated sick leave expected to be taken within 12 months - was $53.4 million as at July 31, up from $39.1 million a year earlier, its accounts published today...