The Fair Work Commission has decided upon a 2.4% pay rise or $15.80 a week pay for the nation’s low-paid workers:
The prevailing economic circumstances provide an opportunity to improve the relative living standards of the low paid and to enable them to better meet their needs.
The level of increase we have decided upon will not lead to inflationary pressure and is highly unlikely to have any negative impact on employment. It will, however, mean a modest improvement in the real wages for those employees who are reliant on the national minimum wage and modern award minimum wages.
