Australia's minimum and award wages to increase by 3.75 per cent after Fair Work Commission ruling
Australia's minimum and award wages to increase by 3.75 per cent after Fair Work Commission ruling
The Fair Work Commission has announced Australia's minimum wage and award wages will increase by 3.75 per cent, taking the national minimum wage to $24.10 per hour or $915.91 per week from July 1.
- In short: The Fair Work Commission has increased both the minimum and award wages by 3.75 per cent.
- The decision means the national minimum wage will be $24.10 per hour or $913.91 per week, based on a 38-hour week.
- What's next? The increase to minimum and award wages will take effect from July 1.
Additional coverage:
- The Conversation: Low-paid wages up 3.75%, with more to come for childcare and health professionals
- SBS (audio): Australia's trade unions disappointed by minimum wage changes
- The Business Times: Australia raises minimum wage 3.75%, aiding inflation fight
- ABC: Fair Work's wage rise may keep the economy on its 'narrow path' but leaves many households teetering on the edge
I know this might sound kind of egotistical, but thanks for posting so much recently. I feel like recently I've sort of been dominating things, partly because I wanted to keep things active, but I backed off and wasn't sure if anybody was going to take over posting the interesting ABC articles
I do try to post to this instance periodically (though sporadically might be more accurate to how it usually goes)! I know what you mean about the balance between dominating submissions vs not having activity - it can feel a bit weird being "the person who posts all the ____ stuff".
It's been a long time since I was on minimum wage, but that's $47.5k / roughly what I was making around 2003-2005 as an IT worker.
Minimum wage has come a long way in 30 years! (No, I couldn't live on this wage today - depending on how much I'd lose in tax, it might not even cover my rent. But still, minimum wage is pushing $50k!)
That's a pretty good wage