Wage growth
Universal paid domestic violence leave to be minister’s first act
Tony Burke says legislating 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave as a universal right would be his first parliamentary act.
- by Angus Thompson
Latest
Wage rise tipped to spur greater living costs
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese praised the decision by the Fair Work Commission to award a $40-a-week increase to the minimum wage saying it was a cost of living lifeline.
- by Rachel Clun and Angus Thompson
Opinion
Minimum wage
Yes, minimum wage rises can hurt jobs, but not this one
The only path to sustainable real wages growth is a sustained improvement in the productivity of our workforce.
- by Jessica Irvine
Federal politicians awarded 2.75 per cent pay rise
The remuneration tribunal awarded members of parliament the pay rise the day before a decision is due on the minimum wage.
- by Latika Bourke
Vinnies wants its shop workers to accept rise lower than what church is asking of employers
St Vincent de Paul wants its low-paid charity shop workers to accept a wage increase below cost-of-living rises and just over half of what the Catholic Church is calling on Australian employers to foot.
- by Angus Thompson
Unions reject government pay offer, push ahead with strikes
The NSW government will lift its public sector wages cap for the first time since 2011 but the move has been dismissed as insufficient by unions.
- by Alexandra Smith and Lucy Cormack
Analysis
NSW budget
NSW had to move on wages – but the increase will have little impact
The Perrottet government had no option other than to increase pay for its 400,000 public sector workers.
- by Alexandra Smith
Opinion
Opinion
Labor mustn’t be panicked into doing something stupid
Who’d want to be the new Treasurer, Dr Jim Chalmers? Like Mother Hubbard, he’s discovered the cupboard is bare, but the last thing he should do is panic.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Sunday Life
It’s time we started properly valuing the women who care for us
Women employed in the caring sector are at the front line of COVID and often live far from the leafy, affluent suburbs of Melbourne or Sydney.
- by Jamila Rizvi
‘Why should I stay?’ Front-line workers to lose thousands if wage cap not lifted
Critical workers will be worse off by up to $2500 a year if the public sector wage cap is not lifted, a report shows.
- by Lucy Cormack
Labor recommends wage rise for more than 1.3 million Australians
Labor is arguing the wages of Australia’s lowest-paid workers should rise in line with inflation in its highly anticipated submission to the industrial umpire.
- by Angus Thompson