Australian Fair Pay Commission
The Australian Fair Pay Commission is an independent body responsible for adjusting federal minimum and classification wages to promote the economic prosperity of the people of Australia.
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Pay scale summaries now available
Pay scale summaries for nearly 400 of the most commonly used awards are published on the Workplace Authority's website. The summaries are derived from the relevant pre-WorkChoices award (federal and state) as adjusted by the Australian Fair Pay Commission's first decision, effective 1 December 2006. These have since been adjusted to take account of the Commission’s July 2007 Decision. For further information about how this decision applies to wages and conditions call the Workplace Infoline on 1300 363 264.
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New wage assessment tools available to employees with a disability in the business services sector
The Australian Fair Pay Commission’s (Commission) Wage-Setting Decision 1/2008 adjusts the Special Business Services (Employees with a disability) Pay Scale and the preserved Pay Scale derived from the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union Supported Employment Services Award 2005 to include several additional wage assessment tools.
Wage-Setting Decision 1/2008
Fact sheet
The Australian Fair Pay Commission has released its first
Economic and Social Indicators - Monitoring Report for the period July - December 2007, commencing what will be a series of half-yearly reports on the impact of the Commission’s wage-setting decisions for Australia’s low paid workers.
In its 2007 Minimum Wage Decision, the Commission has increased the standard Federal Minimum Wage (FMW) and all Pay Scales up to $700 a week by $10.26 per week. The standard FMW is currently $13.74 per hour.
The Commission also increased all Pay Scales paying $700 a week and above by $5.32 per week. Both increases apply from the first full pay period on or after 1 October 2007. Taken together, the Commission’s 2006 and 2007 increases have delivered an additional $37.62 per week to Australia’s lowest paid workers.
The Commission will continue to adjust federal minimum wages until the establishment of Fair Work Australia in 2010, but has ceased the process of creating and publishing Australian Pay and Classification Scales. The Commission has also discontinued reviews of Australian Pay and Classification Scales and of junior and training wages in the Australian labour market ... (more)