Chicken is back on the menu after workers at Australia's largest poultry producer declared victory in a pay dispute that threatened to disrupt the nation's chook supply.
A floor under pay rates and a raft of other protections unveiled by the Labor government are expected to stop gig workers relying on tips to make ends meet.Â
Inflation might be coming off its highs, but workers' wages are still falling well behind rising prices as mortgage holders face the prospect of another interest rate rise.
Almost half of all Australian gig workers make less than the minimum wage even though most work long hours and during peak times, according to a world-first study of delivery and rideshare drivers.
Employment Minister Tony Burke does not believe wages growth is about to further fuel inflation, saying pay rates have suffered a decade of stagnation.
The Fair Work Commission's decision to increase the minimum wage by 5.2 per cent was the correct one, despite concerns raised by business groups, the prime minister says.
Scott Morrison has hit out at the federal opposition's minimum wage rise push, as Anthony Albanese flagged a Labor government would take its time to draft its submission to the industrial umpire.
Anthony Albanese has expressed shock lifting the minimum wage is not a bipartisan issue, as Scott Morrison accused him of being a "loose unit on the economy".
one of the most significant wage cases in recent history will start on Tuesday as the union seeks to lift the wages of aged care workers by 25 per cent.
