She works most weekends, and is heavily reliant on penalty rates to make ends meet. Aside from Selina Young, the decision to cut penalty rates will affect hundreds of thousands of workers in the retail, pharmacy, fast food and hospitality industries. Sunday penalty rates cut by up to 25%, hitting retail and hospitality workers Read moreIs there any chance they will be overturned? Bill Shorten has pledged to legislate to restore the existing Sunday penalty rates should Labor win the next federal election. Labor is already campaigning hard on penalty rates, and the unions are mobilising their members in opposition to the changes.

Source: The Guardian July 01, 2017 22:03 UTC