Monday, April 10, 2006

Howard's IR Laws: pay cuts

Reports in today's newspapers show that a young worker in a Juice Bar has seen her pay for a seven hour shift cut by $40 a day because her employment has shifted to an individual contract (AWA).

In the case of 16 year old Amber Oswald, reported today in the Sydney Morning Herald, her employer shifted the Juice Bar workers onto individual contracts (AWAs) on the first day of the new laws, 27 March.

Under the new AWA, Amber's hourly pay rate dropped from $9.52 to $8.57 and her penalty rates had been abolished altogether.

This reduced her pay by $5.70 an hour on Sundays and by as much as $11.25 an hour on public holidays.

Amber now receives $40 less for working a seven-hour shift on Sundays.

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