I have created a simple three-question survey for newsagents about weekend penalty rates. Please click here to take the survey.
Weekend penalty rates are the most contentious not only for newsagents but many retailers where there is no enterprise agreement.
My own experience is that it would be easy to find good people to work weekends without penalty rates. I think such a move would see newsagents have more family time and more people get work.
Yes yes and a yes . would love the day we can hire someone on a Sunday.
I may not hire more staff, but would certainly give my staff more hours. I’d gladly have Sunday off with the family.
The third question is tricky. There have been times in this town when hiring people without penalty rates would have been impossible because of higher wages paid in industrial workplaces. At the moment, penalty rates aren’t as big of an issue….