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

By Nick Toscano, Anna Patty
Updated February 23 2017 - 11:43am, first published 11:36am
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.