I'm employed under a federal award, as a casual, and as of Jan 1 we have forgone our saturday, sunday and public holiday penalty rates, and gained an extra $0.007 an hour. Yes 7/10ths of 1c more an hour. How does that fairly compensate the double time entitlements that Labor has taken away?
So, Julia, why would anyone work on a Saturday and a Sunday now?
No recourse, other than "you can look for a new job if you don't like it".
This will make it a lot harder for liquor and hospitality employers now, especially in light of the next boom in mining here in the west.
Oh, and the company I work for put prices of their products up on 1 January because costs of production and distribution have gone up. So has the groceries and consumables that my family depends on.
It's not a labour (small l and ou intended) party any more, its a socialist experiment gone wrong.
RIP Workchoices imho
Very Tricky Are you sure your employer didnt push something through in the last days of workchoices?
From the award Penalty rates 32.1 An employee performing work on the following days will be paid the following percentage of the minimum wage rate in clause 20 for the relevant classification: Monday to Friday % Saturday % Sunday % Public Holiday % Full-time and part-time 100 125 175 250 Casual (inclusive of the 25% casual loading) 125 150 175 275
