The minimum wage will be lifted $1.05 an hour from its $20.33 base from July 1, an increase of 5.2 per cent, to $21.38 an hour.
The minimum wage has been increased slightly above inflation Award wage workers face a small pay cut in real terms.
Award wage workers face a small pay cut in real terms According to the Fair Work Commission, the increase will not adversely affect the economy.
"The truth is that many of those people who are on the minimum wage are the heroes that saw us through the pandemic," he said.
Sally McManus, head of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, said the FWC's decision was a victory for wage workers.
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Eighty-eight per cent of surveyed Labor voters and 79 per cent of surveyed Coalition voters backed the pay packet increase. »