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AFPC 2009 Wage-Setting Review
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Introduction
In its July 2009 general Wage-Setting Decision the Australian Fair Pay Commission (AFPC):
- maintained the standard Federal Minimum Wage at $14.31 per hour ($543.78 per week), and
- maintained the adult rates of pay in Australian Pay and Classification Scales (Pay Scales) at their current levels.
The decision also applied to junior employees, employees to whom training arrangements applied, employees with disability (with the exception of the employees in the Supported Wage System), casual employees and employees receiving basic piece rates of pay.
Enquiries
- For Annual Wage Review enquiries please email awr@fwc.gov.au.
- For enquiries about wages, award coverage and entitlements go to the Fair Work Ombudsman's website.
Decisions
Submissions
- Ai Group:
- Submission (PDF 785 KB)
- Post-budget submission (PDF 24 KB)
- Submission to the 2009-10 Federal Budget (PDF 374 KB)
- Anonymous (PDF 734 KB)
- Apple, Pear and Cherry Industries (joint submission) (PDF 43 KB)
- Australian Business Industrial (ABI) (PDF 720 KB)
- Australian Capital Territory Government post-budget submission (PDF 79 KB)
- Australian Catholic Council for Employment Relations (ACCER):
- Submission (PDF 126 KB)
- Post-budget submission (PDF 37 KB)
- Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI):
- Submission (PDF 1.4 MB)
- Post-budget submission (PDF 419 KB)
- Australian Childcare Alliance (PDF 62 KB)
- Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) (PDF 327 KB)
- Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU):
- Submission (PDF 778 KB)
- Post-budget submission (PDF 364 KB)
- Australian Federation of Employers and Industries (AFEI) (PDF 670 KB)
- Australian Government:
- Submission (PDF 125 KB)
- Post-budget submission (PDF 142 KB)
- Australian Hotels Association (PDF 82 KB)
- Australian National Retailers Association Post-Budget Submission (PDF 189 KB)
- Australian Retailers Association (PDF 283 KB)
- Australian Youth Affairs Coalition (PDF 69 KB)
- Blackwood, D. (PDF 451 KB)
- Business SA:
- Submission (PDF 455 KB)
- Attachment A (PDF 83 KB)
- Attachment B (PDF 216 KB)
- Attachment C (PDF 961 KB)
- Attachment D (PDF 394 KB)
- Chamber of Commerce and Industry QLD (formerly Commerce Queensland):
- Submission (PDF 353 KB)
- Post-budget submission (PDF 113 KB)
- Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA (CCIWA) (PDF 591 KB)
- Chamber of Commerce and Industry NT (CCNT) (PDF 85 KB)
- Crawford, H. (PDF 11 KB)
- Employment Law Centre of WA (inc) (PDF 40 KB)
- Group Training Australia:
- Submission (PDF 110 KB)
- Apprentices Living Standards Report (PDF 238 KB)
- Growcom (PDF 50 KB)
- Hellyer, M. (PDF 130 KB)
- Hotel, Motel and Accommodation Association (HMAA) (PDF 60 KB)
- Intellectual Disability Rights Service (PDF 61 KB)
- Krahe, G. (PDF 18 KB)
- LHMU NT (PDF 128 KB)
- Master Grocers of Australia (MGA) (PDF 87 KB)
- Melbourne Citymission (PDF 75 KB)
- Moon, D. (PDF 16 KB)
- National Farmers' Federation (NFF) (PDF 731 KB)
- National Retail Association:
- Submission (PDF 33 KB)
- Attachment A (PDF 84 KB)
- Attachment B (PDF 478 KB)
- Attachment C (PDF 588 KB)
- New South Wales Government (PDF 121 KB)
- NSW Young Labor Action (PDF 130 KB)
- Northern Territory Government (PDF 25 KB)
- Office of the Employment Ombudsman (SA) (PDF 60 KB)
- Restaurant & Catering Australia:
- Submission (PDF 821 KB)
- The Economic Impact of Wage Cost Increases in the Restaurant & Catering Industry (PDF 376 KB)
- RMIT Youth Work Team (PDF 80 KB)
- Rock, S. (PDF 75 KB)
- Soliman, H. (PDF 11 KB)
- South Australian Government:
- Submission (PDF 273 KB)
- Post-budget submission (PDF 626 KB)
- South Australian Wine Industry Association (SAWIA) (PDF 132 KB)
- Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) (PDF 990 KB)
- Tasmanian Government (PDF 31 KB)
- The Pharmacy Guild of Australia (PDF 108 KB)
- The Retailers Association (PDF 61 KB)
- The Smith Family (PDF 161 KB)
- Unions WA (PDF 1.2 MB)
- Victoria Automobile Chamber of Commerce (VACC) (PDF 230 KB)
- Victorian Government (PDF 4.5 MB)
- WA Council of Social Service (WACOSS):
- Submission (PDF 88 KB)
- Research paper – Close the Gender Pay Gap: Value Community Services (PDF 257 KB)
- Western Australian Government (PDF 124 KB)
- White, J. (PDF 22 KB)
- Whitehead, J. (PDF 75 KB)
- Wishart, J. (PDF 12 KB)
- Wu, J. (post-budget submission) (PDF 78 KB)
- Youth Affairs Council of Victoria Inc. (PDF 114 KB)
Research
- A Multidimensional Approach to Investigation of Living Standards of the Low-paid: Income, Wealth, Financial Stress and Consumption Expenditure (PDF 331 KB)
- Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants Industry Profile (PDF 662 KB)
- Australian Disability Enterprises:
- Sector profile – PDF format (PDF 690 KB) | Word format (Word·2 MB)
- Sector profile – Appendices A & B (PDF 822 KB)
- Sector profile fact sheet – PDF format (PDF 91 KB) | Word format (Word·241 KB)
- Sector profile addendum – PDF format (PDF 57 KB) | Word format (Word·269 KB)
The Endeavour Foundation (Queensland), trading as Endeavour Industries, has a total outlet capacity of 1367 Supported Employees, operates 23 Australian Disability Enterprises throughout Queensland and uses the Business Services Wage Assessment Tool. Endeavour Industries Limited (Cessnock, New South Wales) developed and currently use their own wage assessment tool, the Endeavour Wage Assessment Tool, as described in pages 158 to 168 of the Australian Disability Enterprises Sector Profile (above).
- Changes in the Australian Labour Market Over the Economic Cycle (PDF 745 KB)
- Gender Pay Differentials in Low-paid Employment (PDF 1.4 MB)
- Health and Community Services Industry Profile (PDF 674 KB)
- Labour Mobility and Low-paid Workers (PDF 3.9 MB)
- Manufacturing Industry Profile (PDF 393 KB)
- Modelling of the Macroeconomic Impact of the Fair Pay Commission's Minimum Wage Decisions (PDF 685 KB)
- Report on Public Consultations for the Australian Fair Pay Commission's 2009 Minimum Wage Review (PDF 481 KB)
- Retail Trade Industry Profile (PDF 485 KB)
- Young People with Poor Labour Force Attachment: A Survey of Concepts, Data and Previous Research (PDF 587 KB)
Monitoring report
Issue 03
Last updated
24 February 2016