NSW State wage decision Friday 27th June 08
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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.



