Thread: Proposal to cut wages on Labor Day long weekend!

On the rare occasion I am asked to work on weekends, I don't get penalty rates but, I am quite well paid for the forty hours I work Monday to Friday.
For those in lower paid positions, penalty rates are quite important to the family budget.
Some only have weekend hours.

It wouldn't bother me if businesses closed Saturday afternoons, Sundays and public holidays but, they are open because there is money to be made on those days.

I agree, convert all shops to internet shops and then I can never be forced to go into another shop!

It's called Labor Day for a reason. Cause it's not liberal day.

Mr Eevo.
It is Labour Day (Eight Hours Day), not Labor day.
I suggest you get your Whirlpool friends to explain it to you.

Originally Posted by lewy

seems that "they?" are attacking the people who can least afford to loose penalty rates the shop workers,cleaners etc.Our local fish and chip shop put 15% surcharge on public holidays and pass the wages on to their workers.I don't have a problem with that.

Interesting one is day care

I have to pay full wack for my kids to be there to
Tomorrow but there not because it is closed. But I still have to pay $75 a day for each of them even though they at home with me.

And the girls working in the day care who look after my kids , don't get paid for public holidays at all. So that 100% pure profit for the daycare center tomorrow. That pretty standard around the country in day care.

This latest idea of removing penalty rate was mentioned by Abbot just after the election date was set. It was at a winery in South Australia. His minders soon shut him up as it was also noted that spruking this idea could be a losing factor in the election. In that speech Abbot also noted that not only hospitality and tourism based industry penalty rates should go but all penalty rates should go. Hence why his minders gagged him on this subject. Abbot has been a disciple of Howard and his industrial policy's and will implement them as soon as he can.
Cheers Hall

I would not work on a public Holliday for anything less than triple time. The way it should be. The way our union forefathers fought for. If you want to open a business on a PH (other than essential services, who should be paid penalty rates, and 24hr operations) you should have the right to charge a Premium to pay for the workers that are giving up their PH. It's not the end of the world just because the shops are shut.
Regards
Robbo

Originally Posted by robbotd5

I would not work on a public Holliday for anything less than triple time.

Originally Posted by robbotd5

you should have the right to charge a Premium to pay for the workers that are giving up their PH.

What's the difference between "giving up" a Public Holiday and "giving up" any other day of your life to go to work?
Don't like penalty rates. Never have. Never will. Have worked jobs with seven day rosters and no penalty rates. No-one cared what day of the week it was. Everyone got paid the same amount for doing the same work; the way it should be.
Now I have staff that fight for the weekend shifts just to get paid double for the same work. And managers on 5-day rosters who want to swap weekdays for weekends. Claim they want to work weekends because they are "more productive", and its not about the penalty rates. I have a bridge I can sell anyone who believes that.