YEAR 11 ECONOMICS
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
AUSTRALIAN FAIR PAY COMMISSION www.fairpay.gov.au
Task 1
- Use the AFPC website
- Go to About the Commission
- Write the five things that the AFPC will do?
Task 2
- From the home page of the AFPC write down the Decision Announcement for Oct 2006
Task 3
- Use the AFPC website
- Go to Minimum Wage Decision Oct 2006
- Go to Executive Summary
- Scroll to Promoting Economic Prosperity
- Write down the five factors taken into account when the decision was made.
Task 4
- Go to Minimum Wage Decision Oct 2006
- Go to Fact sheet
- Go to Junior employees and employees to whom training arrangements apply
- Scroll down and answer the question ‘What does an increase in the minimum wage mean for junior workers?’
Task 5
- Go to The Commissioners
- Name the five Commissioners and read their history
- Name one important aspect that each commissioner will bring to the AFPC (write in sentences)
Task 6
- For the unions point of view got to www.rightsatwork.com.au
- Go to The Facts
- Go to ‘Fair Pay ‘ Commission
- Read the unions view of the AFPC.