Department store David Jones and Country Road’s mens fashion retailer Politix have agreed to pay more than $750,000 in interest and contrition payments after admitting to underpaying thousands of employees $4 million.

The two retail entities, both part of South African-based Woolworths Holdings, have signed enforceable undertakings (EUs) with the Fair Work Ombudsman to backpay more than 7000 employees by April after reporting the underpayments in 2020.