NSW rail workers will receive a pay rise well above the state’s wages cap after the industrial umpire found the current limit would lead to a “significant decline” in real wages.
Rail workers have been awarded an extra 1 per cent pay rise for 2022 and 2023.It comes after Premier Dominic Perrottet warned an increase to the wages cap would blow a hole in the state’s budget.NSW rail workers will receive a pay rise above the state’s wages cap after the industrial umpire found the current limit could lead to a “significant decline” in real wages, in a major blow to the Perrottet government.
with the rail union of 2.5 per cent for 2022 and 3 per cent for 2023, but both sides also agreed to have elements of the deal arbitrated by the Fair Work Commission at a later date. Premier Dominic Perrottet, centre, campaigning in Peakhurst on Friday with Kogarah candidate Craig Chung, left, and Minister for Seniors Mark Coure.“No evidence has been adduced, nor is it contended, that any wage increase additional to those provided for in the 2022 agreement would cause any difficulty for the commercial or financial position of the Rail Entities or for the budgetary position of the NSW government,” the judgment said.
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