Labor promises to introduce new minimum 'living wage'

Workers will be promised a boost to their salaries from a new Labor formula for a "living wage", in a workplace overhaul that acts on union demands but appears certain to increase costs for employers.

"Along with reversing the cuts to penalty rates, this sensible change will be good for workers and good for the economy." The national minimum wage is currently $18.93 per hour or $719.20 a week, assuming a working week of 38 hours. While the Chamber of Commerce and Industry estimates about 200,000 workers earn the minimum wage, it fears a new regime because the commission's decisions can flow through to about 2.3 million Australians who work on awards, leading to the estimate of an $8.7 billion cost to employers.

AustralianLabor totally corrupts the livingwage idea! lol. So what? now you have to have a job to have a living wage? Does not seem very WOKE to me? Have you discussed this approach with your political coalition partners: the Greens ? Since when was economic sense required?

What a complete & utter fwit.. Trying to give people more money bc they own 2 cars, smoke darts, drink piss, get coffees at coffee shops, eat out for brekkie, go on holidays, Maggot

Be warned Australia! Here’s a reminder of times past! Rudd/Gillard/Rudd/Shorten/Plibersek/Bowen/Swan/DISASTER! Shorten can never be trusted! The past teaches us about the future!

Not a good photo bill to have talking about minimum wage maybe some of the people in small business and self employed you are trying to destroy.

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