Minimum wage
Opinion
Opinion
Wage tribunal saves the employers (and us) from their own folly
Sometimes if you really want to help somebody, you do them a favour and don’t do what they ask you to.
- by Ross Gittins
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Minimum wage rise sees industry call for IR changes to be extended
Employers had called for no pay rise to safeguard jobs, but with a $13-a-week increase, they now want to extend temporary changes to workplace rules.
- by Nick Bonyhady and Jennifer Duke
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
Please Explain podcast: what does a higher minimum wage mean for the economy?
National editor Tory Maguire is joined by industrial relations reporter Nick Bonyhady to discuss the decision to raise the minimum wage.
- by Tory Maguire
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Industrial relations
'Completely counterproductive': Employers warn minimum wage rise could cost nearly $5 billion
An independent panel will announce its decision on what should happen to the national minimum wage on Friday morning, affecting 2.3 million workers.
- by Nick Bonyhady and Jennifer Duke
Wage growth
Employer group warns of 'high risk, anxiety and uncertainty' after JobKeeper ends
Australian Industry Group has slammed claims the economy is recovering while arguing against increases to the minimum wage this financial year.
- by Jennifer Duke
Floyd protests
Look at racial economic disparities to understand the riots, economists say
It's not just about police brutality. In the Minneapolis area, where protests have turned violent in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, the median income for black households is less than half of white ones.
- by Eli Rosenberg and Andrew Van Dam
Australian Council of Trade Unions
Employers fear minimum wage rise amid predictions of budget deficits for next 19 years
AiGroup has argued for the first time in 30 years there should be no increase to the minimum wage.
- by Rob Harris and Shane Wright
Coronavirus pandemic
Victoria in defiant push to lift minimum wages
The Andrews government has doubled down on its calls for a $23-a-week increase in the minimum wage, defying employers and many economists who say wages should stay flat to help business recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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Pay
'They are poverty wages': Top unionist calls for living wage for front-line workers
Sharan Burrow, head of the peak global union body, said the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the global economy was weighted against workers.
- by Nick Bonyhady and Jennifer Duke
Wage growth
Businesses prepared to fight minimum wage rise before COVID-19, bushfires
Business lobby groups were arming themselves to fight against an increase in wages for Australia's lowest earners even before the coronavirus pandemic.
- by Jennifer Duke
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Top economist says Australia should turn to its GFC playbook on wages
Professor Ian Harper argues a higher minimum wage would force businesses to look for labour savings and cut jobs at a crucial time.
- by Nick Bonyhady and Jennifer Duke