Posts tagged "national minimum wage"

Fast-food and retail workers will receive a pay rise from today, following a Fair Work Commission decision to increase award wages by 1.75%.

Bill Shorten says increasing the minimum wage will benefit small businesses. But does that claim stack up? Well, it's complicated.

The ACTU’s 'living wage' increase will almost certainly result in cost of living increases, a widespread loss of jobs and small business collapses.

The full bench of the Fair Work Commission has this morning decided to increase the national minimum wage by 3.5%.

Employers across Australia are reeling in the wake of the Fair Work Commission’s decision to increase the national minimum wage by $18.70 …