Pay rise coming for low paid workers

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The Fair Work Commission has handed down it's annual decision on the minimum wage Source: AAP

Fair Work Commission ruled the national minimum wage will increase by 5.2 per cent, pointing to the current pressure from soaring inflation.


That increase is 5.2 per cent, or about an extra dollar an hour.

It means the new wage will be $21.38 an hour, or $812 dollars per week- - that's a weekly rise of 40- dollars.

It impacts more than 180,000 workers.

And for others on the award rate, their pay will increase by 4.6 per cent.


 

 


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