While im the first to agree the likes of service industries should always retain penalty rates, the likes of retail and hospitality, where goods are bought and sold, excessive rates are no longer justifiable.

To put it in plain and simple language, why should a worker be paid twice as much to make and/or sell something on a Sunday, when the employer, the one taking all the risks gets paid less than on a normal trading day.

In this day and age a 25% loading for a Sunday is a reasonable amount and I am confident the FWC will come to the same conclusion.

How did I know when I saw. the thread title, it would be from the hand of 'Ten Bucks an Hour' Butch. Do I have ESP or something. Every week you run this one by us, and every week I tell you, stop barking up the wrong tree! Get onto those tax dodging, cash in hand, small and large business shonks, ripping off the workers!

The 'Fair Work' Commission has awarded Australia's lowest paid workers an increase of 41.5c/hour. Butch, what is that in your game, about half a sausage?

Paul1405,
You hit the nail on the head.
Cash businesses...and they wont pay the workers higher wages.
Everywhere you go today there signs "CASH ONLY".
No EFPOS equals no bank records of the till take.
Add to that the 'take home' company paid for food and the tax deduction for home use
as 'Office' as well as the company car and wow, why wouldn't you be a foreign owned fast food operator.

If these business are so profitable, would you blokes explain why very few owners are still running the things after 3 years.

Could it be the workload for owners is just too high? Could it be that once they realise they will earn more take home pay working in one as an employee, than they do as an owner, & work less hours, or do they just go broke?

Ever noticed how many public servants, particularly teachers, go into their own business, only to scuttle back onto the taxpayer's teat very quickly?

A contributing factor to high costs for employers is the rental costs for shop, restaurant or business premises.

In some centers as well as rent they have to give a percentage of the profit.

Go to Highpoint West get the hem of a pair of pant taken up about a 5 minute job will cost around $15 to $20.

Does your shop open on Sunday butch?

When schools, parliament, gov offices, courts, etc are open all weekend and when sport, church, nightclubs, concerts etc happen all week.
Then we can talk.