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Winner winner, chicken dinner: strike over at Inghams

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.

Gig workers on track for minimum pay under Labor plan

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. 

Wages to lift 5.75 per cent for lowest paid workers

Millions of low paid workers will enjoy an 5.75 per cent pay boost that will still fall shy of the rising cost of living.

Inflation easing but workers still falling behind

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.

Nearly half of gig workers earn less than minimum wage

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.

Wages growth not fuelling inflation: Employment Minister Tony Burke

Employment Minister Tony Burke does not believe wages growth is about to further fuel inflation, saying pay rates have suffered a decade of stagnation.

Minimum wage rise the right decision: PM

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.

What the wage rise means for Canberra

ACTCOSS believes the wage rise will benefit low-income workers, but the Business Chamber fears it will put more pressure on businesses.

Minimum wage set to rise by 5.2 per cent

The industrial umpire has decided on a pay rise of 5.2 per cent, or $40 a week, for more than 2.6 million Australians on award and minimum wages.

PM Anthony Albanese to make ‘fair’ minimum wage increase case

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will have until the end of the week to make a submission on the government's position for a rise to the minimum wage.

Election war of words rages over minimum wage rise push

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.

Party leaders battle over minimum wage rise

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".

Stagnant wages are ‘untenable’: Anthony Albanese

Anthony Albanese has given emphatic support for a rise in the minimum wage to keep up with increasing inflation levels.

Landmark case to lift aged care wages begins this week

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.

Fruit pickers guaranteed minimum wage

Fruit pickers will be guaranteed a minimum wage, with the Fair Work Commission finding the industry's piecework arrangements not fit for purpose.

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