Penalty rates kick: farewell to Sunday, the day of rest

By Anna Patty, Damien Murphy
Updated February 25 2017 - 1:18am, first published 12:15am
Women are disproportionately represented in low-paid retail and hospitality jobs.
Women are disproportionately represented in low-paid retail and hospitality jobs.
Coffee blues: The cut in Sunday penalty rates will be borne mainly by young waitstaff.
Coffee blues: The cut in Sunday penalty rates will be borne mainly by young waitstaff.

Herbert Hoover an American mining engineer, was appointed general manager of the West Australian gold mine Sons of Gwalia in May 1896. His first executive decision? Stop double time on Sundays.

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