PROESSOR
Penalty Rates Penalty rates refer to the compensation paid to employees for working unsociable hours in the Australian employment sector (Craig and Brown 2015). Penalty rates have been adopted in the Australian service industry for over a century, as they have been considered instrumental in promoting the Australian way of life and business growth through opening the shops on weekends. The adoption of penalty rates in the Australian service sector has been considered instrumental in influencing the business operations on Sundays, which has developed into a peak day of activities (Knox 2009). The study seeks to integrate an analysis ...