Award updates 2024
The Fair Work Commission’s expert panel has approved a 5.75% increase in all award rates and an effective 8.6% rise in the national minimum wage, emphasising that the decision would have a limited effect on the broader economy and would not spur a wage-price spiral.
The decision will lift the national minimum wage from $812.60 to $882.80 a week and from $21.38 to $23.23 an hour.
With thanks to Ian MacDonald from APTIA for providing this informative and concise information, as ever.
- The tables below provide a quick overview of the changes.
- At the bottom of this page you can download the PDF determinations for each Award.
- Alternatively, go straight to the source on the websites:
Passenger Vehicle Transportation Award 2020
| Base rate | Casual rate | |
| Grade 1 | $24.31 | $30.39 |
| Grade 2 | $24.87 | $31.09 |
| Grade 3 | $26.27 | $32.84 |
| Grade 4 | $27.19 | $33.99 |
| Grade 5 | $28.69 | $35.86 |
| Grade 6 | $29.96 | $37.45 |
| Allowances | Meal – $15.29 | Travel – $0.95 km |
Clerks-Private Sector Award 2020
| Base rate | Casual rate | |
| Level 1-Year 1 | $23.97 | $29.96 |
| Level 1-Year2 | $25.11 | $31.39 |
| Level 1-Year 3 | $25.88 | $32.35 |
| Level 2-Year 1 | $26.18 | $32.73 |
| Level 2-Year 2 | $26.67 | $33.34 |
| Level 3 | $27.66 | $34.58 |
| Level 4 | $29.04 | $36.30 |
| Level 5 | $30.22 | $37.78 |
| Allowances | Meal – $18.23 | Travel – $0.95 km |
Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award 2020
Note: All workshop employees in the bus and coach industry now come under this one Award
| Base rate | Casual rate | |
| C10 | $26.18 | $32.73 |
Fair Work Commission Determinations
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PVTA Award WAGES - Download the
PVTA Award ALLOWANCES
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Clerks Award WAGES - Download the
Clerks Award ALLOWANCES
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Manufacturing Award WAGES - Download the
Manufacturing Award ALLOWANCES
Variations to the Passenger Vehicle Transportation Award 2020
The President of the Fair Work Commission has announced various amendments to the modern Awards following the introduction of the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Act 2022.
The amendments form part of model terms relating to ‘flexible work’ and ‘unpaid parental leave’.
Flexible work
The terms of the model flexible work term have largely been incorporated into section 65A which came into operation on 6 June 2023.
To ensure consistency with the NES and to remove a potential source of uncertainty, the view of the FWC is that the 122 modern awards that contain the model flexible work term should be varied by removing the model term and replacing it with a reference to the NES, along with a note, as follows:
“Requests for flexible working arrangements are provided for in the NES. Note: Disputes about requests for flexible working arrangements may be dealt with under clause X – Dispute resolution and / or under section 65B of the Act.”
Unpaid parental leave
Consistent with the view of the FWC is that a note should be inserted in modern awards pertaining to the new unpaid parental leave jurisdiction.
The FWC determined that the following provision will be included into the modern awards.
“Parental leave and related entitlements are provided for in the NES. Note: Disputes about requests for extensions to unpaid parental leave may be dealt with under clause X – Dispute resolution and / or under section 76B of the Act.”
Ian MacDonald, APTIA
