toner comments on Optimal Employment - Less Wrong

60 Post author: Louie 31 January 2011 12:50PM

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Comment author: toner 01 February 2011 01:18:16PM *  1 point [-]

Many jobs, including almost all of those that people would do on a working holiday, have Award rates higher than the minimum wage. Effectively, in Australia the minimum wage depends on the job. $21 is probably the minimum allowed by whatever Award governs shokwave's employment, either the Fast Food Industry Award or KFC might have their own enterprise agreement.

If anyone cares, the place to learn about this is here.

Comment author: lukeprog 06 February 2011 03:20:41PM 0 points [-]

Thanks for the link!