On 3 June 2010, the Minimum Wage Panel of Fair Work Australia concluded its Annual Wage Review for 2009-10. Having considered the evidence from written submissions, public consultations and a range of internal and external research, the Panel decided to increase minimum wage rates in modern...

Using matched employer-employee data from the Fair Work Commission’s Australian Workplace Relations Study (AWRS), this paper describes selected attributes of the firms that employ low-paid workers in Australia. The results suggest that these firms generally offer fewer skill development...

The attainment of ‘fairness' is widely regarded as a worthy goal of setting minimum wages, but opinions differ sharply over how to achieve it. This paper examines how interpretations of fairness shaped the minimum wage decisions of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission between 1997...