Penalty Rates Bill Undermines Choice, Flexibility and Remuneration for Employees and Employers, Says ARA

ARA says penalty rates bill ‘undermines choice, flexibility and remuneration’

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) found the Federal Government’s move to ban businesses from including penalty rates in base salaries to be a detriment to lifting labour productivity.

Penalty rates Bill undermines choice, flexibility and remuneration for employees and employers, says ARA

The Federal Government’s decision to introduce legislation that effectively forbids businesses and their employees from negotiating the incorporation of penalty rates into base salary further reflects that Australia’s industrial relations is not fit for purpose and incapable of lifting labour productivity, said Australian Retailers Association (ARA). ARA CEO Chris Rodwell said the ‘salary absorption’ model proposed as part of the ARA’s applicati…