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Review of Employee Allowances and Entitlements
BHP Group Limited
BHP Group Limited ABN 49 004 028 077
Registered in Australia
Registered Office: Level 18, 171 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000
Share code: BHG
ISIN: AU000000BHP4
NEWS RELEASE
Release Time IMMEDIATE
Date 1 June 2023
Release Number 11/23
REVIEW OF EMPLOYEE ALLOWANCES AND ENTITLEMENTS
BHP has identified issues with certain allowances and entitlements affecting a number of its
current and former employees in Australia.
A preliminary review suggests that certain rostered employees across our Australian operations
have had leave incorrectly deducted on public holidays since 2010. There are approximately
28,500 affected current and former employees with an average of 6 leave days in total that have
been incorrectly deducted from affected employees over this 13 year period.
Initial investigations also suggest that OZ Minerals has been affected by a similar leave
deduction issue before being acquired by BHP in May 2023.
In addition, BHP has identified that approximately 400 current and former employees at Port
Hedland are entitled to additional allowances due to an error with the employment entity in their
contract.
Based on currently available information, it is estimated that the cost of remediating the leave
issue and the contracting issue will be up to US$280 million pre tax, incorporating on
costs including associated superannuation and interest payments (BHP share). BHP is
continuing to investigate and an update will be provided in our full year results in August.
Geraldine Slattery, President Australia said: “We are sorry to all current and former employees
impacted by these errors. This is not good enough and falls short of the standards we expect at
BHP. We are working to rectify and remediate these issues, with interest, as quickly as
possible.”
Protiviti, a global assurance firm, has been engaged to conduct a thorough review of our payroll
systems.
BHP will contact affected current and former employees regarding remediation as soon as
possible and a dedicated hotline and website will be established to provide assistance from
Friday.
BHP has self-reported to the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited
Authorised for lodgement by:
Stefanie Wilkinson
Group Company Secretary
Media Relations Investor Relations
Email: media.relations@bhp.com Email: investor.relations@bhp.com
Australia and Asia Australia and Asia
Gabrielle Notley John-Paul Santamaria
Tel: +61 3 9609 3830 Mobile: +61 499 006 018
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Europe, Middle East and Africa
Europe, Middle East and Africa James Bell
Neil Burrows Tel: +44 2078 027
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Mobile: +44 7786 661 683
Americas
Americas Monica Nettleton
Renata Fernandez Mobile: +1 (416) 518-6293
Tel: +56 9 8229 5357
BHP Group Limited ABN 49 004 028 077
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Registered in Australia
Registered Office: Level 18, 171 Collins Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia
Tel +61 1300 55 4757 Fax +61 3 9609 3015
BHP Group is headquartered in Australia
Date: 01-06-2023 08:15:00
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