Senate debates Bills

Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Penalty and Overtime Rates) Bill 2025; In Committee


Murray Watt

Murray Watt Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water

6:25 pm

I'm advised that, even when these changes pass, it is possible to pay an employee a higher rate. What you can't do is pay them a lower rate and cut their penalty rates and have them go backwards. That would be the practical effect of this.

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