SYDNEY, July 7, 2007 (smh.com.au): The St Vincent de Paul Society will give its employees a $30-a-week pay rise because it regards the $10.26 awarded by the Australian Fair Pay Commission this week as inadequate. The society’s state president, John O’Neill, said the $10.26-a-week increase for workers relying on minimum wage rates was “grossly unfair when compared with the huge increases paid to executive employees in corporate Australia”. Source and full story
Published on: July 7, 2007
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