In some instances, employees aren’t covered by an award or enterprise agreement, in which case a national minimum wage order safeguards against exploitative arrangements. Awards cover things such as minimum wage rates, annual leave, hours of work, penalty rates, allowances and other minimum condit...
Since then, the rates have been increased on an annual basis. Different bands were introduced later on, such as the 16-17 year old rate, which was introduced on 1 October 2004 and the apprentice rate which was introduced on 1 October 2010. At the same time, the age of entitlement to...
Any person (other than an apprentice engaged under the Apprentices Act, 1961) employed on wages by an establishment to perform any skilled, operational, supervisory, technical, or clerical work for hire or reward, whether the terms of employment are express or implied, and also includes a person...
It discourages new housing and forces people to commute many hours from the Central Valley to jobs in Silicon Valley, making traffic worse for everyone. My third point is that minimum wage is intended for teenagers in their first job. It’s not supposed to be enough to afford an entire ...
through experience on the job or through training as an apprentice in a technical or vocational institute and the performance of which calls for initiative and judgment. The Act clearly stipulates a minimum of 160 hours of training to describe someone as trained workers in multiple sections of ...