Bitter battle over Sunday pay

BOSSES pushing to scrap penalty rates on Sundays claim double time is a 1950s concept that is killing jobs.

The threat to penalty rates has prompted unions to launch a new national campaign today - Save Our Aussie Weekends.

But employers warn the current regime of paying casual waiters up to $40 an hour on Sundays is forcing companies to the wall.

"We say that's archaic," National Retail Association's Gary Black said. "Penalty rates were implemented in the 1950s in the context of a Monday-to-Friday manufacturing model."

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/business/bitter-battle-for-sundays/story-e6frfm1i-1226448246731#ixzz23HkICxAB

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