What is manufacturing award?
The manufacturing award is a modern award that sets out the minimum terms and conditions of employment for employees working in the manufacturing industry in Australia.
This award covers employers throughout Australia of employees in the Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations who are covered by the classifications in this award and those employees.
For the complete version of the Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award, please refer to Fair Work.
Who is entitled to the manufacturing award?
The manufacturing award covers:
- the manufacture, making, assembly, processing, treatment, fabrication and preparation
- the coating, painting, colouring, varnishing, japanning, lacquering, enamelling, porcelain enamelling, oxidising, glazing, galvanising, electroplating, gilding, bronzing, engraving, cleaning, polishing, tanning, dyeing, treatment
- the repair, refurbishment, reconditioning, maintenance, installation, testing and fault finding
- mechanical and electrical engineering
- space tracking
- farriery (other than in the racing industry)
- bottle merchants
- the printing and processing of photographs from film
- handling, sorting, packing, despatching, distribution and transport in connection with any of the foregoing industries or parts of industries
- maintenance employees in the engineering streams
- technical workers
- draughtspersons
- production planners
- trainee engineers
- trainee scientists
- engine drivers
Manufacturing pay rates
Workstem has developed a comprehensive guide to help compliance with the Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award 2020.
If you’re uncertain about the applicable classifications, this guide can help you understand how to comply with Fair Work legislation, classify your employees correctly, and pay penalties and allowances in accordance with the manufacturing award.
Employees other than afternoon and night shiftworkers
|
Working hours |
% of ordinary hourly rate |
|
|
Ordinary hours |
on weekday |
100% |
|
on a Saturday |
150% |
|
| on a Sunday |
200% |
|
|
Overtime |
first 3 hours per day Monday to Saturday | 150% |
|
after 3 hours per day Monday to Saturday |
200% | |
| on a Sunday |
200% |
|
| Work on a public holiday |
250% |
|
Shiftworkers other than those engaged in vehicle manufacturing
|
Working hours |
% of casual ordinary hourly rate |
|
|
Shiftworker |
afternoon and night shift | 115% |
|
permanent night shift |
130% |
|
| ordinary hours on a Saturday |
150% |
|
| ordinary hours on a Sunday |
200% |
|
|
Employed on continuous shift work |
on a shift other than a rostered shift | 200% |
|
Employed on other than continuous shift work |
Work on shift other than rostered shift – first 3 hours | 150% |
|
Work on shift other than rostered shift – after 3 hours |
200% | |
|
Continuous shiftworker |
ordinary hours on a public holiday |
200% |
| Afternoon or night shift | non-successive shifts – first 3 hours |
150% |
| non-successive shifts – after 3 hours |
200% |
|
| Other than continuous shiftworker | ordinary hours on public holiday |
250% |
Full-time and part-time shiftworkers other than those engaged in vehicle manufacturing
| Working hours |
% of minimum hourly rate |
|
|
Continuous shiftworker |
overtime on a public holiday | 200% |
| overtime |
200% |
|
|
Other than continuous shiftworker |
overtime – first 3 hours Monday to Saturday |
150% |
|
overtime – after 3 hours Monday to Saturday |
200% |
|
| overtime – Sunday |
200% |
|
| overtime on a public holiday |
250% |
|
Shiftworkers engaged in vehicle manufacturing
|
Working hours |
% of casual minimum hourly rate |
|
|
Continuous shiftworker |
overtime – first 3 hours |
150% |
|
overtime – after 3 hours |
200% | |
|
Other than continuous work shift |
afternoon and night shift which does not continue for 5 successive afternoons or nights |
150% |
|
night shift only |
130% | |
|
alternating night and afternoon shifts |
118% | |
|
alternating day and night shifts—rate for the night shift |
112.5% |
|
| afternoon shift only |
118% |
|
| alternating day and afternoon shifts—rate for the afternoon shift |
112.5% |
|
| alternating day, afternoon and night shifts—rate for the afternoon and night shift |
112.5% |
|
|
Continuous afternoon or night shift |
112.5% | |
|
Saturday |
125% | |
| Sunday shifts |
200% |
|
| Public holiday shifts |
250% |
|
*Rates in table are calculated based on the hourly rate
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FAQs
Q: Do manufacturing award employers be required to pay award minimum wage?
A: Yes, the award minimum wage is the minimum legal requirement that an employee must be paid if they are covered through the manufacturing award. Employers are legally bound to comply with this.
Q: How do employers pay employees not covered under an award?
A: If a business owner is in the manufacturing award, but a particular employee is not covered by the manufacturing award, then either the FWC’s national minimum wage or the state minimum wage applies.
Read more: Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award Guide [MA000010]