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18 July 2008
Pay Scale Summaries for more than 400 of the most commonly used awards have been published on the Workplace Authority website. The summaries are derived from the relevant pre-Work Choices award (federal and state) as adjusted by the Australian Fair Pay Commission decision, effective 1 December 2006 and have now been adjusted to take account of the Commission’s general Wage-Setting Decision 2008.
8 July 2008
The Australian Fair Pay Commission has increased the standard Federal Minimum Wage (FMW) and all Australian Pay and Classification Scales (Pay Scales) by $21.66 per week. The standard FMW has increased from $13.74 to $14.31 per hour. The decision takes effect from the first pay period on or after
1 October 2008.
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