Preparation/Instructions:

You should structure your response around the following:

1. Issues. Identify the key stakeholders impacted by the minimum wage debate. Explain the issues & perspective of each stakeholder.

2. Analysis.  Analyse the issues faced by employers through a lens of sustainability. Focus on the Triple Bottom Line framework discussed in

lectures, in particular, the social (people) and economic (profit) elements.

3. Position / critique. Each year, the Fair Work Commission conducts a review of minimum wages. Stakeholders (e.g., employers,

associations and universities) have the opportunity to provide a written submission for consideration in the minimum wage review. You

are required to prepare a submission from the perspective of employers for consideration in the 2019/20 Annual Wage Review. The

submission should:

Clearly state what increase you are recommending

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