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Sundays are similar to Saturdays for workers: Productivity Commission

  • Written by The Conversation
imageChairman of the Productivity Commission, Peter Harris.Alan Porritt/AAP

The Productivity Commission has recommended paring back Sunday penalty rates in some sectors, more consideration to economic circumstances in setting minimum wages, and a new form of statutory employment contract, in what it describes as “repairs” to...

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