A Living Wage & Minimum Wage

Unions will seek a wage rise of $30 a week for Australia's lowest paid workers in this year's Annual Wage Review, with new evidence that they are slipping further and further behind the rest of the workforce. In a submission to be lodged with the Fair Work Commission later this…

Unions are today reminding Australian workers to check they are not missing out on wage increases which should have automatically come into effect at the start of the new financial year. ACTU President Ged Kearney said today had been declared National Check Your Pay Day to educate workers about the…

Australia's lowest paid workers will from today begin receiving an extra $17.10 in their weekly pay packet, as a result of this year's National Minimum Wage review. About 1.4 million workers have been granted an extra 2.9% in their wages, helping them and their families keep pace with the rising…

Today's decision by Fair Work Australia to grant just a $17.10 increase to Australia's lowest paid workers will see those on minimum wages fall further behind the rest of the workforce and risks entrenching a working poor in Australia, say unions. ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver said the Annual Wage Review…

A $26 a week wage increase should be granted to low-paid workers to maintain a safety net and ensure they do not fall further behind average income earners, say unions. In its reply submission for the 2012 Annual Wage Review by Fair Work Australia, the ACTU is urging the Panel…

Unions will seek a $26 a week pay rise for Australia's lowest paid workers in 2012, whose wages have fallen well behind average income earners over the past decade and are not keeping pace with the cost of living. The ACTU will today lodge its submission to Fair Work Australia's…