It has been less than a month since the Fair Work Commission’s (FWC) decision to cut Sunday and public holiday penalty rates for hospitality, retail, and fast food employees, and the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) along with the federal Labor party are still fighting against the ruling.
In a case that dragged on for more than a year, the FWC took in nearly 6-thousand submissions and evidence from various expert witnesses. The reasoning for decision is that it will allow businesses in those industries to increase employment overall on Sundays and public holidays, a conclusion that Professor David Peetz of the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing does not share.
“It’s a myth. There isn’t really a strong case being put there by the Commission”
Professor Peetz said that often studies like theses are measured in hours worked, but that is not the same thing as an increase in the number
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