Penalty Rates

Monday, 10 April 2017 - 8:30am to 9:00am
Cuts to penalty rates were a significant issue at the recent International Womens Day March

The recent Fair Work Commission decision to cut penalty rates for workers in the retail and hospitality sectors raises serious questions about the future of work and our priorities around protecting the wages some of our lowest income earners. 

This week on Women on the Line we discuss the penalty rates decision and its impact on women who will be affected. First we’ll speak with Lisa Heap, Women’s Lead Organiser at the Victorian Trades Hall Council, and then we’ll hear from Sara Charlesworth, Professor in the School of Management at RMIT University and who gave expert evidence in the penalty rates case that went before the Fair Work Commission. 

Monday 8:30am to 9:00am
A national feminist current affairs program for community radio. A gender analysis of contemporary issues, as well as in-depth analysis by a range of women and gender diverse people around Australia and internationally. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network (CRN).

Presenter

Cleis Hart, Kannagi Bhatt, Phuong Tran, Xen Nhà & Scheherazade Bloul.

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