Penalty rates for Sunday, holiday work to be slashed after landmark decision by Fair Work Commission

By Nick Toscano and Anna Patty
Updated February 23 2017 - 2:19pm, first published 11:35am
The penalty rates decision will anger Australia's union movement, which has invested heavily in a massive campaign to safeguard weekend penalty rates across the country. Photo: Jessica Shapiro
The penalty rates decision will anger Australia's union movement, which has invested heavily in a massive campaign to safeguard weekend penalty rates across the country. Photo: Jessica Shapiro

Hundreds of thousands of Australians who work on Sundays will have their take-home pay slashed after a landmark ruling by the national workplace umpire.

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