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NSW State wage decision Friday 27th June 08

NSW State wage decision Friday 27th June 08

Friday 27th June 08 NSW State wage decision allows for increases to award rates and establishes a state minimum wage for the first time.  The wage applies to employees who are not under the federal system and who are award-free.

This means that (except for a small number of highly paid adults, or adults who are under a training arrangement or disability wage) there are no adult employees in NSW who are not subject to a statutory minimum wage.  The decision establishes a (adult) State Minimum Wage of $552.70 per week (or $14.55 per hour for a part-time employee) which applies from 27th June 2008.

The NSW Minimum Wage applies to employees

  • who are not covered by a state award or a formal industrial instrument; and
  • whose employer is not in the federal system.

The NSW Minimum Wage does not apply to employees

  • whose salary is in excess of $101,300
  • who are covered by a state award or formal industrial instrument
  • who are employed by a federal system employer.

A federal system employer is

  • a constitutional corporation
  • an employer in the ACT, Northern Territory or Victoria
  • the commonwealth or commonwealth authorities.

Employees of federal system employers are subject to a federal pay scale (derived from a state or federal award) or the (adult) Federal Minimum Wage.  It is $13.74 per hour or $522.12 for a 38 hour week.