The Fair Work Commission says a pay top-up for rail workers will not cause any detriment to the NSW government's budget, and Unions NSW says the government's pay position has been left 'in tatters'.
abc.net.au/news/nsw-rail-workers-get-1-pay-increase-above-wage-cap/102082406The Fair Work Commission has awarded NSW rail workers a pay increase above the government's public-sector wage cap to prevent a "significant decline" in real wages.It pointed to the impact of spiking inflationAll rail workers will receive an additional 1 per cent backdated to May 1, 2022, and another 1 per cent from May 1 this year.
At the time Treasurer Matt Kean described the increase as "fair and sustainable" in the economic climate. It also concluded the additional wage increase would cause no "discernible detriment" to the NSW government's budgetary position. Premier Dominic Perrottet described the pay rise awarded to public sector workers in 2022 as "fair and responsible".
"Consequently, it would not be fair for [customer-service attendants] to receive the [allowance] on a per-shift basis in the same way that cleaners do," it said.
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