Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees
by xori on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @10:12AM
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For context the Australian minimum wage is 12.94 USD and has the 12th highest cost of living in the world.
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Re:Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees
by tbarker25 on Tuesday October 02, 2018 @12:12PM
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The minimum wage in Australia doesn't work the same way as it does in the US. Australian workers will under an award -- effectively a industry-specific contract negotiated by the respective union. An Amazon worker would likely be on the Storage Services and Wholesale Award.
This starts at $20.72 (14.92 USD) for fulltime, and $25.90 (18.64 USD) for casual work.
There's higher wages based on experience and responsibilities, as well as penalty rates. Public holiday pay starts at $56.98 (41.01 USD).
As someone who has recently moved from Melbourne to Boston; if anything I feel like Australia has a lower cost of living. According to the one source I found, prices including rent in Boston, MA are 36.53% higher than in Melbourne
https://www.fairwork.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/872/storage-ser...
https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?cou...