MINIMUM WAGE 1990 > 2014

The Economic Impact of Penalty Rate Cuts on Rural NSW A RETAIL INDUSTRY CASE STUDY

" Penalty rates have long protected the Australian weekend. For over a hundred 

years they have incentivised regular hours of work and compensated working 

families for the time apart. 

Now there are increasing calls from employer 

groups and parts of the Federal Government 

to cut back penalty rates in an effort to increase 

the profitability of companies and the nation’s 

level of productivity."