Don’t let real wages go backwards for the low paid
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Albanese government will tell the Fair Work Commission it should ensure the real wages of low paid workers do not go backwards.
In its submission to the Annual Wage Review, the government stresses the July 1 tax cut should be on top of the wage increase for these workers, rather than a substitute for it.
The national minimum wage at present...
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