Weekend penalty rate decision due Thursday

A decision on whether to slash Sunday penalty rates will be handed down in Melbourne on Thursday morning.

Window dressers adjust mannequins in a department store window — A decision on whether to slash Sunday penalty rates will be handed down in Melbourne on Thursday. (AAP)

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Published 22 February 2017 2:04pm

Source: AAP

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Retail and hospitality workers will find out whether their weekend penalty rates are to be slashed when a long-awaited Fair Work Commission decision is handed down on Thursday.

The commission is considering a proposal to bring the Sunday rate in line with the lower Saturday rate - one of several workplace relations recommendations made by the Productivity Commission last year.

The long-overdue ruling will be released in Melbourne at 11am.

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