<div dir="ltr">Minimum wage in Australia for tech jobs? Last time I checked the contractor rates for a service desk analyst were A$12.50 (if you were lucky)... Yes, you can get more working on a checkout (assuming they have not been replaced with self-checkouts)</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Paul Wallace <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paul.wallace@mtgi.com.au" target="_blank">paul.wallace@mtgi.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/stossel/blog/2012/07/13/australian-minimum-wage-myth" target="_blank">http://www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/stossel/blog/2012/07/13/australian-minimum-wage-myth</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">The unseen consequences of minimum wage laws are the millions of poor, disadvantaged people who don't have job opportunities. In the United States, it hurts <a href="http://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2011/05/11/minimum_wages_discriminatory_effects" target="_blank"><span style="color:#183a52;text-decoration:none">poor people and inner-city minorities</span></a>. In Australia, it hurts <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/business/young-workers-hit-by-rising-unemployment-20120124-1qevx.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#183a52;text-decoration:none">young workers</span></a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;background:white"><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333">Australia is an example of how minimum wage helps some groups, and hurts others. Even in a good economy, the young, inexperienced workers are left out. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">-P<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> AusNOG [mailto:<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Scott Howard<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 6 January 2015 11:02 AM<br><b>To:</b> Paul Wallace<span class=""><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Sysadmin opportunities in Melbourne?<u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 4:55 PM, Paul Wallace <<a href="mailto:paul.wallace@mtgi.com.au" target="_blank">paul.wallace@mtgi.com.au</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><div><div class="h5"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Kids find it hard to get jobs today because Australia enforces a min wage of double that in the USA.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">it's as simple as that!</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">And now Tony Abbott is too scared to look at HR reform for fear the Labour party will scream "Work Choices" again!</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">Minimum wage in San Francisco - US$11.05, or around A$13.63<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Minimum wage in Sydney - A$16.87 (for someone over 21).<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Higher?  Yes.  Double?  Not even close.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Yes, other parts of the US may be lower, but the movement is towards increasing to sane levels, not reducing them.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">  Scott<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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