Web links, documents
On April 4, 2015, The Border Mail published an analysis by Anna Patty titled 'Battle over Easter weekend penalty rates - business groups accuse unions of fomenting boycotts'
The full text can be accessed at http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/2990229/battle-over-easter-weekend-penalty-rates-business-groups-accuse-unions-of-fomenting-boycotts/?cs=7
On April 3, 2015, The Mercury published a report titled 'Hotels attack penalty rates'
The report focuses on the views of a number of Tasmanian hoteliers and motel owners that penalty rates damage their businesses.
The text can be accessed at http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/hotels-attack-penalty-rates/story-fnj4f7k1-1227289891627
On April 2, 2015, The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) issued a media release titled 'Paying Easter penalty rates will not hurt business'
The release gives a series of facts and statistics intended to demonstrate that penalties rates do not have the adverse effects on business that some have claimed.
The full text of the release can be accessed at http://www.actu.org.au/actu-media/media-releases/2015/paying-easter-penalty-rates-will-not-hurt-business
On April 2, 2015, The Daily Telegraph ran an article titled '$50 an hour penalty rates force businesses to stay shut this Easter'
The full text of the article can be accessed at http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/an-hour-penalty-rates-force-businesses-to-stay-shut-this-easter/story-fni0cx12-1227288423729
On March 24, 2015, In Daily published an analysis titled 'SA penalty rates deal - no "champagne" moment'
The article looks at the mixed responses to the recent South Australian agreement regarding penalty rates.
The full text can be accessed at http://indaily.com.au/business/2015/03/24/feds-back-historic-sa-penalty-rates-deal/
On March 19, 2015, The Conversation published a comment by John Freebairn, Professor, Department of Economics at University of Melbourne, titled 'There could be more winners than losers in reducing minimum wages and penalty rates'
The full text of this comment can be found at http://theconversation.com/there-could-be-more-winners-than-losers-in-reducing-minimum-wages-and-penalty-rates-38917
On January 3, 2015, The Sydney Morning Herald ran a news report titled 'Employers step up efforts to get rid of penalty rates'
The full text can e found at http://www.smh.com.au/business/employers-step-up-efforts-to-get-rid-of-penalty-rates-20150102-12gylv.html
On December 24, 2014, The Sydney Morning Herald published an analysis by Anna Patty titled 'Penalty rates: Loadings for working weekends and holidays could be over'
The analysis details scheduled Productive Commission and Fair Work Australia reviews looking at penalty rates.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/penalty-rates-loadings-for-working-weekends-and-holidays-could-be-over-20141222-12c810.html
On November 18, 2014, The Sydney Morning Herald published an article titled 'Work-life balance is getting worse for Australians: new report' which reported on the findings of the Australia Institute that a growing number of Australians are working unpaid overtime.
The full text of this report can be found at http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/worklife-balance-is-getting-worse-for-australians-new-report-20141118-11otw6.html
On August 19, 2014, The Conversation published a comment by Dan Woodman, TR Ashworth Senior Lecturer in Sociology at University of Melbourne, titled 'Before you call for penalty rates to be cut, try working a few Sundays'
The full comment can be accessed at http://theconversation.com/before-you-call-for-penalty-rates-to-be-cut-try-working-a-few-sundays-30594
In 2014 the Australian National University published an article by Phil Lewis, Professor of Economics at the University of Canberra titled 'Paying the Penalty? The High Price of Penalty Rates in Australian Restaurants'
This is a detailed treatment of the impact of penalty rates on this sector.
The full text can be accessed at http://press.anu.edu.au/apps/bookworm/view/Volume+21,+Number+1,+2014/11311/lewis.xhtm
On February 19, 2014, The Conversation published conflicting opinions on penalty rates from Phil Lewis, Professor of Economics at University of Canberra, and William Mitchell,
Professor of Economics at Charles Darwin University,
The two opinions were published under the title 'Viewpoints: should penalty rates be abolished?'
The full text can be accessed at http://theconversation.com/viewpoints-should-penalty-rates-be-abolished-22819
On May 2, 2012, the New South Wales Business Chamber issued a media release titled 'Restaurants and cafes call for fair go on penalty rates'
The release details some of what it claims are the problems associated with paying penalty rates in New South Wales.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.nswbusinesschamber.com.au/NSWBC/media/Misc/Regions/CCNSWBC---Restaurant-and-cafes-call-for-fair-go-on-penalty-rates-regional-media-release.pdf
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