Election 2020 - Party Policies - Labour and Employment - Minimum Wage
25th Jul 20, 5:56am
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Minimum Wage
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- Return the minimum wage to its pre-April 2020 level of $17.70 an hour.
- Extend provisions to 90-day trials to 12-month probationary periods, available to employers of all sizes.
- Read more here.
- Progressively increase the minimum wage, and abolishing differential starting out wages for youth and working people with disabilities and support employers to fully accommodate their participation in the workforce.
- Ensure the state sector pays a living wage and requires service contractors to pay staff a living wage.
- Ensure social support is fair and adequate for all families, regardless of their working situation.
- Increase access to free, high-quality publicly funded early childhood and after school care, to reduce barriers for caregivers participating in the workforce.
- Improve protections for working people under 16 and establishing a minimum age for formal employment.
- Guarantee annual minimum wage increases, with one minimum wage rate instead of the starting out rate. As the economy recovers, ensure the mimimum wage increases annually in line with the median wage and ensures people can cover the cost of living.
- Read more here, here and here.
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