Fair Work Commission raises minimum wage

[bob10]

Fair Work Commission trashes economic myth on minimum wage | The New Daily (http://thenewdaily.com.au/money/work/2017/06/06/minimum-wage-decision/?utm_source=Responsys&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20170607_TND)

[Ausfree]

As it says in that article, Bob, the lowest paid also get a penalty rate cut for Sunday shifts, so if anything they are further behind. The employer groups trot out the old arguments as they always do claiming they can't afford it, conveniently forgetting the penalty rate cuts.[bawl]

[V8Ian]

As it says in that article, Bob, the lowest paid also get a penalty rate cut for Sunday shifts, so if anything they are further behind. The employer groups trot out the old arguments as they always do claiming they can't afford it, conveniently forgetting the penalty rate cuts.[bawl]
The penalty rate elimination is the thin end of the wedge, the employer groups will attack the awards starting with the most vulnerable.