Penalty Rates: A suite of reports
On February 23 2017, the Fair Work Commission ruled in favour of cutting Sunday and public holiday penalty rates for awards in the hospitality, fast-food, retail and pharmacy industries. The following suite of reports has explored the impact of reducing penalty rates since that initial ruling in 2017, focusing on the aggregate national, state and electorate level costs to workers associated with the proposed changes. Since the 2017 ruling by the FWC, debate around penalty rates has been front and center in the national policy conversation.
Full suite of reports below
Impact on national growth trends
