From 1 July 2022 the national minimum wage increases to $812.60 per week ($21.38 an hour). For a 38-hour per week full-time employee this is an increase of $40 per week or $1.05 an hour.
For most modern awards, minimum wages increase by 4.6% subject to a minimum increase for adult award classifications of $40 per week, meaning that:
- for wage rates above $869.60 per week, minimum award wage rates increase by 4.6%; and
- for wage rates below $869.60 per week, minimum award wage rates increase by $40 per week.
For a smaller number of modern awards the increases apply from 1 October 2022.
There are also increases for junior employees, employees on training arrangements and employees with a disability.
Recommended Actions
Some recommended actions are:
- to check wage increases for non-award and for award-covered employees to ensure that wages are still compliant after 1 July (or 1 October 2022 as the case may be); and
- to also review annualised salaries for compliance.
More information about the increases and when they take effect is available click here.