Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

We've seen some very important evidence given to the Senate Education and Employment References Committee about the deals that were done between the SDA, the AWU and big employers to undercut penalty rates. The inquiry heard evidence about deals made between the unions and McDonald's, Coles, Woolworths, KFC, Domino's, Hungry Jack's and David Jones, amongst others, that cut penalty rates on Sunday. It's been confirmed that the supposedly higher base rate for the weekday work is not enough to compensate for the loss of pay on a Sunday.