Tag: penalty rates
Cutting penalty rates was supposed to create jobs. It hasn’t, and here’s why not
Using a variety of statistical analyses, the authors have
found no evidence of more employment in hospitality and retail because of
reduced penalty...
View from The Hill: Malcolm Turnbull’s home truths on the NEG help Labor in the climate wars
Prime Minister Scott Morrison sings during an Easter
Sunday service at his Horizon Church at Sutherland in Sydney on Sunday.
Mick Tsikas/AAP
An Easter...
Grattan on Friday: Penalty rates – Shorten’s own goal becomes Turnbull’s political problem
In an ironic twist, Bill Shorten when employment minister paved the way for the Fair Work Commission decision
The latest reflection on just how...
Cutting Sunday penalty rates will hurt young people the most
Hospitality workers, along with fast food and retail workers, will have Sunday and public holiday rates cut under the decision
The Fair Work Commission...