in back severance pay

[Maybo]

In 2022, Victoria's Secret paid $8.3m in back severance pay to Thai factory workers.

Can Victoria's Secret fix its image? by Faran Krentcil


I don't understand the underlined part.

 

[Tarheel]

It seems to be a combination of "back pay" and "severance pay". Maybe it is exactly that. In any case, it's money they owed those people.

(I read several paragraphs of that article before giving up.)

 

[probus]

I'd interpret "back" as meaning heretofore owed but unpaid. It could be omitted without changing the meaning.

 

[Amigos4]

(I read several paragraphs of that article before giving up.)

I read the article until the pictures stopped appearing!