Woolworths apologises again for worker wages ripoff, faces modern slavery claims

Supermarket giant Woolworths has once again apologised for underpaying its staff as much as $300 million in the one of the several underpayment scandals that have damaged the reputation of corporate Australia this year. 

But chairman Gordon Cairns told the company's annual general meeting this morning that's he's proud of the way Woolworths handled the underpayments and that workers are now being paid back. 

The meeting has also heard complaints about the way suppliers allegedly treat farm workers and that some conditions amount to modern slavery.

Here's my report from The World Today