{"id":788,"date":"2019-05-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/uncategorized\/minimum-wage-increased-fair-work-commission\/"},"modified":"2019-05-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T14:00:00","slug":"minimum-wage-increased-fair-work-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/lifestyle\/minimum-wage-increased-fair-work-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimum wage increased by Fair Work Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Australia’s lowest paid workers will get a $21.60 a week pay rise, which is less than last year but more than employer groups had argued for.<\/p>\n

The national minimum wage will rise by three per cent to $740.80 a week from July 1, the Fair Work Commission announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Unions had been calling for a six per cent rise, about $43 a week, while business groups were banking on a more modest increase of up to two per cent.<\/p>\n

“We have decided to award a lower increase this year than that awarded last year,” commission president Justice Iain Ross said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The commission’s decision directly affects 2.2 million low paid workers and indirectly affects many more.<\/p>\n

The national minimum wage currently stands at $719.20 a week after the commission last year agreed to a 3.5 per cent increase equating to $24.30 per week.<\/p>\n

But employer groups were disappointed with the latest decision with the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry saying the “above inflation” increase puts jobs at risk and threatens small businesses.<\/p>\n

“It will cost Australian employers an additional $3.1 billion per year,” ACCI CEO James Pearson said in a statement.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Australia already has one of the highest minimum wages in the world, and continuously increasing minimum wages by significantly more than inflation has consequences.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

However, the federal government applauded the commission decision which it said would help ease cost of living pressures.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe real increase in minimum wages … combined with the government\u2019s plan to lower taxes for working families will ease cost of living pressures and lift the living standards of all low-paid workers in Australia,” Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The commission also noted women were still disproportionately represented amongst workers on the minimum wage.<\/p>\n

“An increase in the NMW and modern award minimum wages will assist in reducing the gender pay gap,” the commission’s decision said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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SEE ALSO:<\/strong> Big W shutdowns begin across Australia with 41 departments closed<\/a><\/p>\n

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Source: AAP<\/em><\/p>\n

Image: AAP \/ James Ross<\/em><\/p>\n

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