Latest minimum wage News

Farms in Yarra Valley and Mornington Peninsula checked for underpayments
Inflation data shows need for a plan on climate and population
Increased housing costs shift portion of income required for renters and owners
$4 million penalties against restaurant and management for “a cal
$4 million penalties, second-highest ever secured, against former Taiwanese restaurant operators for “a calculated scheme to rob employees”
Rideshare Company Ola’s Exit Shows Gig Standards Urgent
IAG Back-pays Workers $37 Million
Economic Bulletin March 2024
Insurance Australia Group signs Enforceable Undertaking, as FWO urges boards to focus on corporate culture
Boosting workers’ pay will help Australians not just to get by, but to get ahead
Insecure work and poor pay forces musicians to hang up their instruments: new survey
Ai Group proposes 2.8% minimum wage increase strikes a responsible balance in a slowing economy
Government’s Annual Wage Review Submission 28 March
Unions deliver MPs petition to stop real terms cuts to the minimum wage
Report reveals ways govt can end placement poverty for social work students
Former Wollongong Restaurant Operator Penalised
Albanese government to Fair Work Commission: Don’t let real wages go backwards for the low paid
Shepparton Farms Checked For Underpayments
Increasing minimum wage would not drive inflation up: new report
CTU to Support Uber Drivers Rallying For Basic Workers’ Rights
AFP warns domestic and overseas workers of forced labour indicators amid rising reports
AFP Warns Of Rising Reports Of Forced Labor
Workers should worry about new threat to workplace protections in Minister’s speech
Higher NYS minimum wage would boost spending, create jobs
Speech to Auckland Business Chamber
Law Firm Penalised After “wilful Refusal To Comply”
Near $100,000 penalties for Toorak mortgage broking business and manager
Boost pay to fix workforce shortages in aged care
Petrol excise tax hike will hit care & support workers hard – time for updated pay equity settlement
Hair And Beauty Salon In Court
ACTU welcomes historic publication of gender pay gap across Australia
Child Poverty Data Shows Government Must Take Action
Too many Aussies are starting a family and raising their kids in poverty
Unions welcome working people’s real wages finally moving
$30,000 repaid to migrant farm workers highlights need to end exploitation
Australian Prime Minister Radio interview – Triple M Perth
Government’s blunt approach to public service cuts laid bare in last Productivity Commission report
Productivity Commission Report Shows Need for Income Insurance at Redundancy
Electrical Trades Union
Government must deliver increases to minimum wage that keep up with inflation
Health industry labour-hire company in court
Northern Tasmanian farms checked for underpayments
Reforms will combat migrant exploitation
Finance and mortgage broking company in court
Economic Bulletin January 2024
Vietnamese eateries allegedly underpaid workers more than $400,000
Minimum wage decision a signal of what this Government really thinks about workers
Sparkie fined $10,000 for live switchboard in Sunshine Coast classroom