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The government is belatedly backing the penalty rates cut it always wanted

  • Written by David Peetz, Professor of Employment Relations, Griffith University
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It’s impossible for the government to substantially ease the hardship for workers from the Fair Work Commission’s decision to cut some penalty rates — as the government’s submission into its implementation illustrates. Nor can it shirk responsibility for it.

The question on which the Commission had asked for submissions...

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