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Low-paid workers set for 5.2 pct payrise

The Fair Work Commission has recommended a 5.2 per cent pay rise for Australia's low-paid workers, equating to an extra $40 a week.

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Minimum wage decision to be announced after Albanese government calls for rise to match inflation

Fair Work Commission to hand down review as employers argue for limits on pay increases

The Guardian - AU

Umpire set to unveil rise for low-paid workers

The Fair Work Commission has recommended a 5.2 per cent pay rise for Australia’s low-paid workers.

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Minimum wage decision to be handed down

The Fair Work Commission will hand down its decision on the minimum wage on Wednesday, following a period of consultation.

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What Albanese needs to build a new industrial relations consensus

A few weeks before his election victory, Anthony Albanese made an important speech to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He talked of “socially inclusive growth – the kind of growth that is only possible with economic reform that lifts productivity”.

The Conversation

Rex pilots to vote on strike action

The Fair Work Commission has approved the pilots’ union to vote on strike action amid pay negotiations with major regional airline Rex.

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Pilots' strike on the table after wage negotiations break down between Rex, union

Rex Airlines could have a strike on its hands after negotiations failed on a pay deal described by the pilots' union as "worse than previous offers".

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Treasurer warns of ‘severity and magnitude of inflation challenge’ after RBA hikes official interest rate

Jim Chalmers responds to Reserve Bank decision to lift cash rate 50 basis points as Anthony Albanese declines to comment during Indonesia trip

The Guardian - AU

Unions push for 5.5pct minimum wage bump

The peak union body’s submission to the Fair Work Commission won’t be inflationary, secretary Sally McManus says, as she slams the umpire as “stacked”.

Crikey

Casuals, contractors and gig workers set for 'potentially massive' changes under Labor

An industrial relations fight is looming as employers protest mooted changes giving more employment security to gig-economy workers.

ABC News

Fair Work Commission finds submarine builder ASC's vaccine mandate for workers was proportionate and reasonable

Unvaccinated submarine workers at a South Australian shipbuilding yard now face being sacked after the Fair Work Commission rules in favour of the company's vaccine mandate.

ABC News

Industry warning over possible wage rise

The federal government has called for pay packets to not go backward as inflation rises, but industry groups have warned against a large minimum wage increase.

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Labor’s Officially Backed A Minimum Wage Pay Rise, So WTF Does That Mean What Happens Next?

Let's pop our economy hats on.

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The Loop: Boy killed in hit-and-run, Labor makes pay increase submission, are you smarter than a spelling bee champion?

Finish your week in The Loop.

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Labor formally submits for minimum pay rise of at least 5.1 per cent to Fair Work Commission

Labor says the era of "deliberate" low wage policy has come to an end, as it submits its recommendation for a minimum wage rise of at least 5.1 per cent.

The Guardian - AU

Unions back minimum wage submission – as it happened

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New govt backs pay rise in wage submission

The minimum wage should be set at a rate which ensures low-paid workers' incomes do not go backwards, the government has argued to the Fair Work Commission.

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Labor backs pay rise in wage submission

The minimum wage should be set at a rate which ensures low-paid workers’ incomes do not go backwards, the government has argued to the Fair Work Commission.

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The Conversation

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tony Burke advocates on wages and arts

Tony Burke is the minister for employment and workplace relations and minister for the arts, as well as the leader of the House of Representatives.

The Conversation

There's one big reason wages are stagnating: the enterprise bargaining system is broken, and in terminal decline

Real wages in Australia have been stagnating for the better part of a decade. Now, with higher inflation, they’re declining. So what can the new Albanese government, having campaigned hard on the previous government’s failures, do about it?

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Australian National University professor's dismissal for skinny dipping with student was valid, Fair Work Commission finds on appeal

The ANU successfully appeals a Fair Work Commission decision that originally found lecturer Scott Morrison's dismissal was unfair. The university says Dr Morrison's behaviour constituted a breach of his position of trust as a senior academic.

The Canberra Times

ANU lecturer 'fairly dismissed' over nude swim with student: commission

The ANU has successfully appealed a finding that a senior academic was unfairly dismissed for swimming naked and kissing a student during a retreat.

Newcastle Herald

PM's sensible start shows why it was time to change governments

There is nothing which quite concentrates a politician's mind like being in power.

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Federal Treasurer reasserts Labor will stick to plans to formally back minimum wage rise

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has clarified that the new Labor government will formally advocate for workers on the minimum wage to get a pay rise.

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Lifting the minimum wage is anything but reckless – it’s what low earners need

'Reckless and dangerous': Anthony Albanese is preparing to ask the Fair Work Commission to grant a wage rise big enough to cover inflation.

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