Election 2017 - Party Policies - Labour and Employment - Minimum Wage
27th May 17, 9:21am
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Minimum Wage
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- Raise the minimum wage to $17.75 per hour in 2018, and make further adjustments to ensure it raches 66 percent of the average wage by 2020.
- Make the minimum wage the same for all workers, including youth and employed trainees.
- Read more here and here.
- Increase the minimum wage to $16.50.
- Base future increases on the real cost of living for people on low incomes. This includes working towards a minimum wage equal to two-thirds of the average wage as economic conditions allow.
- Read more here.
- Introduce a living wage for all workers.
- Read more here.
- Continue to raise the minimum wage at a sustainable rate to ensure fair pay for workers while not costing jobs.
- Read more here.
- Increase the minimum wage to $20 per hour over three years starting in 2018 (with tax assistance for employers).
- Abolish the ‘starting out wage’ for young people.
- Read more here.
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