Government outlines benefits of Same Job, Same Pay a year after orders took effect
More than 7,600 labour hire employees in various industries received pay increases since the first Same Job Same Pay orders took effect last year, according to the Federal Government.
Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth revealed that the orders have so far benefited workers from the mining, aviation, railway, meat processing, automotive, water treatment, construction, public administration, and warehousing industries.
"A year on we're now seeing thousands of workers who are thousands of dollars better off because we changed the law," Rishworth said.
These benefited workers include labour hire employees at a Queensland mine who received pay increases of up to $60,000 a year, as well as domestic flight attendants who received up to $20,000 a year, to align their pay with directly employed counterparts.
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