Fair Work Commission

Introduction

In its July 2008 general Wage-Setting Decision, the Australian Fair Pay Commission (AFPC) increased the standard Federal Minimum Wage (FMW) and all Australian Pay and Classification Scales (Pay Scales) by $21.66 per week. The standard FMW increased from $13.74 to $14.31 per hour.

The general Wage-Setting Decision 2008 had two main elements:

• an increase of $21.66 per week ($0.57 per hour) to the standard FMW bringing the weekly rate to $543.78. The standard FMW increased from $13.74 to $14.31 per hour, and
• an increase of approximately $21.66 per week ($0.57 per hour) for adult rates of pay in Pay Scales.

The decision took effect from the first pay period on or after 1 October 2008.

These increases flowed on to junior employees, employees to whom training arrangements apply, employees with a disability, casual employees and employees receiving basic piece rates of pay.

Decisions

• Wage-Setting Decision No 2/2008 and Reasons for Decision July 2008 (PDF 1.2 MB)
• Wage-Setting Decision No 1 (PDF 160 KB)

Submissions

• Ai Group:
  • Submission (PDF 1.2 MB)
  • Post-budget submission (PDF 148 KB)
• Anonymous (PDF 13 KB)
• Australian Business Industrial (ABI) (PDF 920 KB)
• Australian Catholic Council for Employment Relations (ACCER):
  • Submission (PDF 335 KB)
  • Supplementary submission (PDF 22 KB)
  • Post-budget submission (PDF 48 KB)
• Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI):
  • Submission (PDF 2.2 MB)
  • Post-budget submission (PDF 989 KB)
• Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) (PDF 352 KB)
• Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU):
  • Submission (revised 2 April 2008) (PDF 2 MB)
  • Supported Wage System submission (PDF 93 KB)
  • Post-budget submission (PDF 566 KB)
• Australian Federation of Employers and Industries (AFEI):
  • Submission (PDF 1.5 MB)
  • Appendix A (PDF 1.8 MB)
  • Appendices B–E (PDF 860 KB)
  • Appendices F–H (PDF 505 KB)
• Australian Government:
  • Submission (PDF 555 KB)
  • Post-budget submission (PDF 437 KB)
• Australian Hotels Association (PDF 82 KB)
• Australian National Retailers Association (PDF 290 KB)
• Australian Retailers Association (PDF 153 KB)
• Australian Services Union of New South Wales (PDF 404 KB)
• Australian Workers Union (AWU) (PDF 108 KB)
• Australian Young Christian Workers (PDF 282 KB)
• Barrington, K.:
  • Submission (PDF 14 KB)
  • Attachment (PDF 412 KB)
• Brocket, S. (PDF 13 KB)
• Broderick, T. (PDF 123 KB)
• Business SA:
  • Submission (PDF 161 KB)
  • Attachment A (PDF 267 KB)
  • Attachment B (PDF 434 KB)
  • Attachment C (PDF 37 KB)
  • Attachment D (PDF 38 KB)
• Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA (CCIWA) (PDF 236 KB)
• Childcare Queensland Inc, Child Care Centres Association of Victoria & Child Care New South Wales (PDF 3 MB)
• Corcoran, K. (PDF 21 KB)
• Crouch, P. (PDF 22 KB)
• Dunlea, K. (PDF 42 KB)
• Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia (FECCA) (PDF 142 KB)
• Floyd, L. (PDF 28 KB)
• G., M. (PDF 12 KB)
• Halton, V. (PDF 121 KB)
• Harkness, B. (PDF 31 KB)
• Heffernan, E. (PDF 29 KB)
• Hill, E. (PDF 75 KB)
• Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) (PDF 83 KB)
• Intharacks, A. (PDF 64 KB)
• Jobs Australia (PDF 616 KB)
• Junanker, R. (PDF 31 KB)
• LHMU Members employed by Elderly Citizens Homes of South Australia Inc (PDF 957 KB)
• LHMU Members employed by Helping Hand in South Australia (PDF 1.1 MB)
• Local Government & Shires Associations of NSW (LGSA) (PDF 156 KB)
• Lowe, N. (PDF 15 KB)
• Lutwyche Catholic Parish (PDF 4 MB)
• Master Grocers of Australia (MGA) (PDF 84 KB)
• McCardle, R. (PDF 50 KB)
• Meadows, C. (PDF 181 KB)
• Meaney, S. (PDF 12 KB)
• Melbourne Citymission (PDF 96 KB)
• Multicultural Communities Council of South Australia (PDF 29 KB)
• National Baking Industry Association (NBIA) (PDF 941 KB)
• National Disability Services:
  • Submission (PDF 24 KB)
  • Referred correspondence 12 January 2007 (PDF 544 KB)
  • Referred correspondence 3 April 2007 (PDF 48 KB)
• National Farmers' Federation (NFF) (PDF 494 KB)
• New South Wales Government (PDF 192 KB)
• Newman, S. (PDF 75 KB)
• Northern Territory Government (PDF 204 KB)
• Pastalatzis,N. (PDF 12 KB)
• Pink, B. (PDF 50 KB)
• Portnoy, A. (PDF 39 KB)
• Queensland Government (PDF 354 KB)
• Raschle, J. (PDF 14 KB)
• Restaurant & Catering Australia (PDF 590 KB)
• Richards, B. (PDF 81 KB)
• Ring, A. (PDF 68 KB)
• South Australian Government:
  • Submission (PDF 196 KB)
  • Post-budget submission (PDF 93 KB)
• South Australian Wine Industry Association (SAWIA) (PDF 95 KB)
• Tai, H. (PDF 12 KB)
• Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) (PDF 1.6 MB)
• Tasmanian Government (PDF 243 KB)
• Taylor, G. (PDF 16 KB)
• The Smith Family (PDF 182 KB)
• Theoret, P. (PDF 16 KB)
• Titterington,M. (PDF 12 KB)
• Troiani, A (PDF 12 KB)
• Unions WA (PDF 68 KB)
• Victorian Government (PDF 26 MB)
• Village Community Services Helensvale (PDF 1.4 MB)
• Waste Contractors & Recyclers Association of NSW (PDF 113 KB)
• Webster, W. (PDF 13 KB)
• Western Australian Council of Social Service (PDF 627 KB)
• Western Australian Government:
  • Submission (PDF 877 KB)
  • Appendix A - Housing Stress in Western Australia (PDF 1.2 MB)
• Women & Work Research Group, University of Sydney (PDF 740 KB)
• Women in Social & Economic Research (WiSER), Curtin University of Technology (PDF 283 KB)
• Women's Electoral Lobby Australia & National Pay Equity Coalition (PDF 41 KB)
• Woodards, D. (PDF 12 KB)
• WorkSight Pty Ltd (PDF 32 KB)
• Young Christian Workers' Past Members Association (PDF 1.2 MB)
• Youth Affairs Council of South Australia (YACSA) (received as a late submission) (PDF 64 KB)
• Youth Coalition of the ACT (Youth Coalition) (received as a late submission) (PDF 119 KB)
• Youth Network of Tasmania (YNOT) (PDF 22 KB)

Research

• 2008 Minimum Wage Research Forum Proceedings:
  • Volume 1 (PDF 2.1 MB)
  • Volume 2 (PDF 1.8 MB)
• Employer Responses to Minimum Wage Adjustments (PDF 1MB)
• Report on the Australian Fair Pay Commission's 2008 Stakeholder Research (PDF 394 KB)
• Report on Public Consultations for the Australian Fair Pay Commission's 2008 Minimum Wage Review (TNS Social Research) (PDF 609 KB)
• The Economic and Social Circumstances of Australian Young People Aged 15-20 Years (CLMR) (PDF 1 MB)

Monitoring reports

Issue 02

• Economic and Social Indicators Monitoring Report (January-June 2008) (PDF 1.16 MB)
• Key findings: Economic and Social Indicators Monitoring Report (January-June 2008) (PDF 64 KB)

Issue 01

• Economic and Social Indicators Monitoring Report (July-December 2007) (PDF 312 KB)
• Key findings: Economic and Social Indicators Monitoring Report (July-December 2007) (PDF 57 KB)