Low-paid wages up 3.75%, with more to come for childcare and health professionals
- Written by: John Buchanan, Professor, Discipline of Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
The Fair Work Commission has boosted the wages of workers on awards by 3.75%, just a touch above the official inflation rate of 3.6%.
The increase will apply to fortnightly pay packets from next month and will only directly apply to the one-fifth of Australian workers on centrally determined awards.
Taking into account other workers who will get pay...
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