South Australias lowest paid workers have been given a wage rise by the State Industrial Relations Commission today.

In todays wage setting decision the commission opted to raise the minimum wage by 2.56 per cent, taking it to $560.65 a week for full time hours.

Formerly the minimum wage was $546.65.

SA Unions secretary Janet Giles said the rise was welcome.

Its a reasonable and responsible decision and we think its quite a good amount, she said.

Ms Giles said the commission had been fair when balancing the needs of low-paid workers and fears a wage rise would lead to higher unemployment.

The commission has made a clear point that they took into account submissions from employers, saying the economy was in trouble and from our experts who said the economy could cope with a wage rise, she said.

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