Good Afternoon Ms Taranto and class,
The issue aroused from penalty rate abolishment within the Australian media for the past year has been prominent, and this will be the focus of my presentation today.
Penalty rates have long preserved the Australian weekend. For hundreds of years they have incentivised inconsistent hours of work and compensated families during times of separation. The Liberal Government are calling to decrease penalty rates in an effort to increase the profitability of business and the nation’s level of productivity. This is simply ridiculous. Affluent and remunerative businesses will celebrate their guiltless success with no pity, yet hard-working employee will suffer futures of debt and substandard lifestyles. Please …show more content…
It is only rational to assert that it is not possible for your body to tell the difference between the benefit of working on a Sunday with double pay, and weekdays with average wage. How does the body magically know “this is Sunday”, let alone “this is work”? The increase in unusual work patterns are currently becoming more common, and penalty rates are now vital more than ever. Liberal’s call for reduction upon penalty rates are detrimental with low-incomer compelled to work hours beyond their compatibility. This allows perfect opportunities for long term consequences such as ischaemic heart disease. According to the World Health Organisation, risk of an ten hour shift exceeds that an eight hour shift by 41% posing even more danger on sixth and seventh day of consecutive work. By declaring weekdays income equal, bureaucrats has permitted possibilities of eventually losing essential sleeping hours, exercises and even family dinners for employees. It is atrocious that basic human rights are being tormented due to the reduction of penalty rates along with overworking hours. Dr Lara Corr from the Australian National Universities School of Population Health assert that Sundays may not be significant economically, but can have “far-reaching impact on people’s mental and fiscal health”. “We are humans, and humans all …show more content…
Do you have any compassion for these people? The importance of penalty rates are often overlooked as Government. They can not sympathise for the low average weekly cash earnings of employees from the industry sector, accommodation and food service in the Australian workforce. The ACTU claims that for most retail and hospitality employees who work full time week at double time for every hour worked, they would earn less than full time average weekly total earnings. A waiter voice his opinion upon his income slashed by “30% from $41,000 down to only $29,000” if penalties were abolished. He can barely support himself, let alone his entire family accompanied but the exponential rise of living cost nationally. A media release devastating figures regarding General Retail, Restaurants and Hospitality weekly revenue at $746.20 in comparison to the Full Time Adult Average Weekly Total Earnings at $1,539.40. Australia is a nation which promotes justice and democracy, yet they’re considering imposing such immoral legislation upon unfortunate employees. Where is the justice in this? Hence, victims of low-paid wages are urging for upon our concur that penalty rates should not be abolish.
Amongst the rural and regional areas, in every home, around the kitchen tables of wage earning employees the disadvantage will be deeply felt, if penalty were to become legal. Therefore, the liberal party
The issue aroused from penalty rate abolishment within the Australian media for the past year has been prominent, and this will be the focus of my presentation today.
Penalty rates have long preserved the Australian weekend. For hundreds of years they have incentivised inconsistent hours of work and compensated families during times of separation. The Liberal Government are calling to decrease penalty rates in an effort to increase the profitability of business and the nation’s level of productivity. This is simply ridiculous. Affluent and remunerative businesses will celebrate their guiltless success with no pity, yet hard-working employee will suffer futures of debt and substandard lifestyles. Please …show more content…
It is only rational to assert that it is not possible for your body to tell the difference between the benefit of working on a Sunday with double pay, and weekdays with average wage. How does the body magically know “this is Sunday”, let alone “this is work”? The increase in unusual work patterns are currently becoming more common, and penalty rates are now vital more than ever. Liberal’s call for reduction upon penalty rates are detrimental with low-incomer compelled to work hours beyond their compatibility. This allows perfect opportunities for long term consequences such as ischaemic heart disease. According to the World Health Organisation, risk of an ten hour shift exceeds that an eight hour shift by 41% posing even more danger on sixth and seventh day of consecutive work. By declaring weekdays income equal, bureaucrats has permitted possibilities of eventually losing essential sleeping hours, exercises and even family dinners for employees. It is atrocious that basic human rights are being tormented due to the reduction of penalty rates along with overworking hours. Dr Lara Corr from the Australian National Universities School of Population Health assert that Sundays may not be significant economically, but can have “far-reaching impact on people’s mental and fiscal health”. “We are humans, and humans all …show more content…
Do you have any compassion for these people? The importance of penalty rates are often overlooked as Government. They can not sympathise for the low average weekly cash earnings of employees from the industry sector, accommodation and food service in the Australian workforce. The ACTU claims that for most retail and hospitality employees who work full time week at double time for every hour worked, they would earn less than full time average weekly total earnings. A waiter voice his opinion upon his income slashed by “30% from $41,000 down to only $29,000” if penalties were abolished. He can barely support himself, let alone his entire family accompanied but the exponential rise of living cost nationally. A media release devastating figures regarding General Retail, Restaurants and Hospitality weekly revenue at $746.20 in comparison to the Full Time Adult Average Weekly Total Earnings at $1,539.40. Australia is a nation which promotes justice and democracy, yet they’re considering imposing such immoral legislation upon unfortunate employees. Where is the justice in this? Hence, victims of low-paid wages are urging for upon our concur that penalty rates should not be abolish.
Amongst the rural and regional areas, in every home, around the kitchen tables of wage earning employees the disadvantage will be deeply felt, if penalty were to become legal. Therefore, the liberal party