The Attorney General’s Department has released its Trends in Federal Enterprise Bargaining Report for the September quarter of 2019, which reveals that wage growth continues to decline.
Specifically, wage increases in new private sector agreements fell from 2.9% to 2.8% in the September quarter:
By contrast, wage increases in new public sector wages rose by 0.1% to 2.6% in the September quarter, with total wage growth remaining flat at 2.7%.
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