Generous salaries have sparked calls for boards to consider clawing back some of the money paid to bosses

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Bosses at Australia’s largest for-profit childcare providers received pay rises and bonuses worth up to $500,000 last year, despite multiple safety breaches and the employment of a man subsequently charged with multiple child sexual offences.

The generous salaries have sparked calls for boards to consider clawing back some of money, given outrage over safety failures and recent apologies from chief executives.

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Source: Guardian - World News