KFC says workers 'no worse off' for not receiving penalty rates

Fast-food giant tells a Senate inquiry the company 'haven't paid penalty rates in a very long time' due to an agreement offering a higher base rate of pay

Workers at fast-food giant KFC haven't been paid penalty rates for years but are no worse off due to an agreement offering a higher base rate of pay, the company argues.

At a Senate committee hearing in Melbourne on Thursday, the senator Nick Xenophon suggested the deal was far from a good one for staff.