Unions had demanded 6% pay increase for lowest paid after war in Middle East pushed inflation higher
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About 100,000 of the country’s lowest paid employees will receive an above-inflation pay rise of 6% from July, as part of the Fair Work Commission’s annual review that also delivered a 4.75% boost to 2.7 million workers on award wages.
As the government and unions welcomed the decision, the peak employers’ association warned that “for some small businesses, this will be too much to bear”.
