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Penalty rate cut will hurt economy without helping business: Labor

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor

The federal opposition says that reducing penalty rates in the retail and hospitality sectors would widen the gender pay gap across the economy and hit consumption without bringing the claimed benefits to business and jobs.

In a submission to the review of penalty rates by the Fair Work Commission (FWC), which sets them, Labor says penalty rates...

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