Commission has no truck with wage freeze argument

THE NSW Industrial Relations Commission has rejected an employer's attempt to use last week's minimum wage freeze by the Fair Pay Commission to argue its case in bargaining for a workplace agreement.

Land of the fair go fails to live up to its name

The Fair Pay Commission's minimum wage decision could claim a shred of soundness and would certainly be fairer if every other industry, political and professional group in the economy had voluntarily instituted a salary freeze during the economic downturn ("Minimum wage freeze causes union anger", July 8).