Dear <<First Name>>, 

The Fair Work Commission has made two important decisions affecting retailers in the last 24 hours, and it’s worth considering how commentators and elected officials respond to each one.  

The first issue, yesterday, was the Commission’s announcement on the timing of the adjustment of Sunday penalty rates. Your feedback to us has been that retailers would prefer to see this transition take place over two years, rather than four.

However, we can now at least move forward with some certainty.  On the positive side, the longer transition period will ease the impact on workers as annual award increases flow through to their pay packets.

Which brings us neatly to the second issue – today’s announcement by the Commission of a 3.3 per cent increase in the minimum wage, which will trigger a similar increase in award pay rates.  

Naturally, the NRA supports the right of the independent umpire, after considering all the evidence and all relevant factors, to decide on... Read more >>

Dominique Lamb, CEO