Junior pay rates for workers aged 18 to 20 are 'deeply unfair', 'discriminatory' and should be abolished, Australia's peak union body says. But some business groups have reservations over the push to have them scrapped.
Unions are pushing to scrap junior wages for people aged 18 to 20 years old, saying the pay difference between adults only a few years apart is unfair and disadvantaging young people. In June, union groups met in a forum organised by the Australian Council of Trade Unions and agreed to a range of reform proposals for junior pay rates, which the ACTU described as "discriminatory". The ACTU said that a 21-year-old waitress will get paid $29.
87 per hour. With 25 per cent loading for casual workers, this comes to $11.09. By 18 years old, workers will make $16.46 per hour, or $20.58 for casual workers, and 20-year-olds make $23.55 or $29.44 for casual workers. New Zealand, Canada, South Korea and Belgium have removed or restricted sub-minimum wages for young people entirely or for young people 18 and over.
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