Quantifying the needs of low paid workers and their families is not an optional research activity in the setting of fair minimum wages. It is just as important as any other area of economic research that may relate to the setting fair minimum wages. We submit that FWA has a statutory obligation under the Fair Work Act 2009 to inquire into the needs of the low paid.

ACCER Research Proposal for the Annual Wage Review 2011 - 12

June 2011

On Friday 3 June 2011 Fair Work Australia handed down the decision in the 2010 -2011 Annual Wage Review. 

FWA Adopted a uniform percentage increase in modern award minimum wages of 3.4 percent.  Weekly wages will be rounded to the nearest 10 cents.  The increase will flow through to junior employees, employees to whom training arrangements apply, employees with a disabilty and to piece rates. 

Employers in the Federal system should apply this increase from the first pay period after 1 July 2011.

The National Minimum Wage is adjusted to $589.30 per week or $15.51 per hour (an increase of 51 cents per hour).  The full decision can be accessed via the following link.

2010 - 2011 FWA Annual Wage Decision

11 May 2011

This Post-Budget submission by the Australian Catholic Council for Employment Relations (ACCER) follows its submissions of March 2011 (principal submission) and April 2011 (reply submission) to the Annual Wage Review 2010-11 conducted by Fair Work Australia (FWA). It follows the release on 10 May 2011 of the Commonwealth Government's proposed Budget for 2011-12.