Employers are urging Opposition Leader Bill Shorten to reveal how he intends to increase the minimum wage
after Labor finance spokesman Jim Chalmers said the independent umpire would “do the right thing” to fix the problem.
ACCI chief executive James Pearson wrote to Mr Shorten last week asking for a meeting to learn how a Labor government might change the law or seek another way, yet to be explained, to increase the minimum wage. Previous attempts to apply the “living wage” have been blocked in the past because the Fair Work Commission makes its decisions based on the considerations set in the Fair Work Act.
“With wages flatlining and people struggling to make ends meet, we need to ensure the Fair Work Commission has the right tools to make its decision.”Jobs and Industrial Relations Minister Kelly O’Dwyer said Labor had to explain how it would achieve what it claimed.
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