What is storage services and wholesale award?
The Storage and Wholesale Award covers employers in the storage services and wholesale industry and their employees who fit within the classifications of the award.
The storage services and wholesale industry covers the minimum wage, penalty rates, allowance and other regulations for the employers and employees in this industry.
For the complete version of the Storage Services and Wholesale Award 2020, please refer to Fair Work.
Who is entitled to the storage services and wholesale award?
The storage services and wholesale industry means:
- receiving, handling, storing, freezing, refrigerating, bottling, packing produce, goods or merchandise
- preparing produce, goods or merchandise for sale
- sorting, loading, dispatching or delivering produce goods or merchandise
- selling produce, goods or merchandise by wholesale (‘wholesale’ means the sale of items in large quantities to someone other than the final consumer).
It also includes any activities and processes that are connected, incidental or ancillary to these activities.
Examples of employees covered by the Storage and Wholesale Award include:
- storeworkers
- steel distributing employees
- warehouse employees
- wholesale employees
- forklift or ride-on equipment operators.
Storage services and wholesale pay rates
Workstem has developed a comprehensive guide to help compliance with the Storage Services and Wholesale 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 storage services and wholesale award.
Full-time and part-time employees
- Ordinary and penalty rates (day workers)
% of minimum hourly rate |
|
Ordinary hours |
100% |
Saturday |
150% |
Sunday |
200% |
Public holiday |
250% |
- Penalty rates (shiftworkers)
% of minimum hourly rate |
|
Early morning |
112.5% |
Afternoon |
115% |
Night |
130% |
Saturday |
150% |
Sunday |
200% |
Public holiday |
250% |
- Overtime rates
% of minimum hourly rate |
||
Monday to Saturday |
First 2 hours | 150% |
After 2 hours |
200% |
|
Sunday |
200% |
|
Public holiday |
250% |
Casual employees
- Ordinary and penalty rates (day workers)
% of minimum hourly rate |
|
Ordinary hours |
125% |
Saturday |
175% |
Sunday |
225% |
Public holiday |
275% |
- Penalty rates (shiftworkers)
% of minimum hourly rate |
|
Early morning |
137.5% |
Afternoon |
140% |
Night |
155% |
Saturday |
175% |
Sunday |
225% |
Public holiday |
275% |
*Rates in table are calculated based on the hourly rates
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FAQs
Q: Do storage services and wholesale 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 storage services and wholesale 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 storage services and wholesale award, but a particular employee is not covered by the storage services and wholesale award, then either the FWC’s national minimum wage or the state minimum wage applies.