2025 WAIRC 00490
CHILD CARE (OUT OF SCHOOL CARE - PLAYLEADERS) AWARD

1B. - MINIMUM ADULT AWARD WAGE

(1) No employee aged 21 or more shall be paid less than the minimum adult award wage unless otherwise provided by this clause.

(2) The minimum adult award wage for full-time employees aged 21 or more working under an award that provides for a 38-hour week is $953.00 per week.

The minimum adult award wage for full-time employees aged 21 or more working under awards that provide for other than a 38-hour week is calculated as follows: divide $953.00 by 38 and multiply by the number of ordinary hours prescribed for a full-time employee under the award.

The minimum adult award wage is payable from the beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after 1 July 2025.

(3) The minimum adult award wage is deemed to include all State Wage order adjustments from State Wage Case decisions.

(4) Unless otherwise provided in this clause adults aged 21 or more employed as casuals, part-time employees or piece workers or employees who are remunerated wholly on the basis of payment by results, shall not be paid less than pro rata the minimum adult award wage according to the hours worked.

(5) Employees under the age of 21 shall be paid no less than the wage determined by applying the percentage prescribed in the junior rates provision in this award (if applicable) to the minimum adult award wage, provided that no employee shall be paid less than any applicable minimum rate of pay prescribed by the Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993.

(6) The minimum adult award wage shall not apply to apprentices, employees engaged on traineeships or government approved work placement programs or employed under the Commonwealth Government Supported Wage System or to other categories of employees who by prescription are paid less than the minimum award rate, provided that no employee shall be paid less than any applicable minimum rate of pay prescribed by the Minimum Conditions of Employment Act 1993.

(7) Liberty to apply is reserved in relation to any special category of employees not included here or otherwise in relation to the application of the minimum adult award wage.

(8) Subject to this clause the minimum adult award wage shall –

(a) Apply to all work in ordinary hours.

(b) Apply to the calculation of overtime and all other penalty rates, superannuation, payments during any period of paid leave and for all purposes of this award.

(9) Minimum Adult Award Wage

The rates of pay in this award include the minimum weekly wage for employees aged 21 or more payable under the 2025 State Wage order. Any increase arising from the insertion of the minimum wage will be offset against any equivalent amount in rates of pay received by employees whose wages and conditions of employment are regulated by this award which are above the wage rates prescribed in the award. Such above award payments include wages payable pursuant to enterprise agreements, consent awards or award variations to give effect to enterprise agreements and over award arrangements. Absorption which is contrary to the terms of an agreement is not required.

Increases under previous State Wage Case Principles or under the current Statement of Principles, excepting those resulting from enterprise agreements, are not to be used to offset the minimum wage.

(10) Adult Apprentices

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this clause, the minimum adult apprentice wage for a full-time apprentice aged 21 years or more working under an award that provides for a 38-hour week is $791.30 per week.

(b) The minimum adult apprentice wage for a full-time apprentice aged 21 years or more working under an award that provides for other than a 38-hour week is calculated as follows: divide $791.30 by 38 and multiply by the number of ordinary hours prescribed for a full-time apprentice under the award.

(c) The minimum adult apprentice wage is payable from the beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after 1 July 2025.

(d) Adult apprentices aged 21 years or more employed on a part-time basis shall not be paid less than pro rata the minimum adult apprentice wage according to the hours worked.

(e) The rates paid in the paragraphs above to an apprentice 21 years of age or more are payable on superannuation and during any period of paid leave prescribed by this award.

(f) Where in this award an additional rate is expressed as a percentage, fraction or multiple of the ordinary rate of pay, it shall be calculated upon the rate prescribed in this award for the actual year of apprenticeship.




22. - SALARIES

(1) The minimum weekly rate of salary payable to persons employed pursuant to this subclause, operative from the beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after 1 July 2025 shall be:



$ (Per Week)
$A.S.N.A.
TOTAL $ WAGE
(a)
Playleader




Level One (Uncertificated Employee)




Step I
412.60
569.30
981.90

Step II
422.00
571.90
993.90

Step III
431.50
574.70
1006.20






Level Two (Completed Stage One)




Step I
431.50
574.70
1006.20

Step II
441.00
577.60
1018.60






Level Three (Completed Stage Two)




Step I
441.00
577.60
1018.60

Step II
450.50
580.20
1030.70






Level Four (Completed Stage Three or equivalent)




Step I
450.50
580.20
1030.70

Step II
460.00
582.90
1042.90






Level Five (Completed Course or equivalent)




Step I
469.50
591.70
1061.20

Step II
482.50
596.40
1078.90

Step III
494.25
601.05
1095.30

Step IV
506.00
605.40
1111.40





(b)
Supervisor Playleader




Level One (Uncertificated)




Step I
487.10
598.10
1085.20

Step II
498.10
602.20
1100.30

Step III
509.80
606.90
1116.70






Level Two (Completed Stage One)




Step I
509.80
606.90
1116.70

Step II
521.20
608.40
1129.60






Level Three (Completed Stage Two )




Step I
521.20
608.40
1129.60

Step II
532.60
612.70
1145.30






Level Four (Completed Stage Three or Equivalent)




Step I
532.60
612.70
1145.30

Step II
544.00
617.00
1161.00






Level Five (Completed Course or Equivalent)




Step I
555.40
621.10
1176.50

Step II
569.00
629.20
1198.20

Step III
583.10
634.40
1217.50

Step IV
591.50
637.50
1229.00






(2) (a) "Completed Course" refers to a Playleader or Supervisor Playleader who has completed the Certificate in Human Services (Playleading) or, alternatively, has completed course equivalents as referred to in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this subclause.

(b) "Level Two" refers to a Playleader or Supervisor Playleader who has completed Stage One of the Certificate in Human Services (Playleading).

(c) "Level Three" refers to a Playleader or Supervisor Playleader who has completed Stage Two of the Certificate in Human Services (Playleading).

(d) "Level Four" except as provided for in paragraph (e) of this subclause, refers to a Playleader or Supervisor Playleader who has completed Stage Three of the Certificate in Human Services (Playleading) or has completed the following courses:

(i) Associate Diploma of Social Science (Child Care); or

(ii) Child Care Certificate; or

(iii) Nursery Nurses Examination Board (NNEB); or

(iv) Mothercraft Nurse; or

(v) a teaching qualification; or

(vi) a degree in psychology which includes study in the area of child development.

(e) "Level Five" refers to a Playleader or Supervisor Playleader who has completed the Certificate in Human Services (Playleading) or has completed one of the following courses:

(i) Bachelor of Arts (Recreation); or

(ii) Bachelor of Arts (Children's Studies)

or, alternatively, has the following combination of qualifications and experience:

(iii) a Playleader or Supervisor Playleader with any of the qualifications specified in subclause (2)(d)(i) to (2)(d)(vi) herein; and

(iv) 12 months experience in Out of School Hours Care.

(3) (a) Except as provided hereunder, in paragraphs (c) and (d), of this subclause, progression from Step to Step for a Playleader and Supervisor Playleader will be contingent upon:

(i) 12 months service at each Step; and

(ii) satisfactory performance at each Step.

(b) On completion of each stage of the Certificate in Human Services (Playleading) course the rate of pay for a Playleader and Supervisor Playleader shall move to the next highest rate of pay within the relevant Level, e.g. a Playleader or Supervisor Playleader at Level One, Step I who completes Stage One of the Playleader's course, shall, upon completion of that stage, move immediately to the Level Two, Step I rate, whereas a Playleader or Supervisor Playleader at the Level One, Step III rate who completes Stage One of the course shall, upon completion of that stage move to Level Two, Step II rate.

(c) For a Playleader or Supervisor Playleader on rates of pay between Level One, Step III and Level Five, Step I, the rate of progression shall be dependant on the Stage of the course completed and the period of time since the employee's last increase. Where the employee has already received an increase in the 12 month period prior to their anniversary date through completion of a stage of the course then he/she will not receive an annual increment within that Level until such time as 12 months has lapsed since receiving the last increase.

(d) Except as provided for in subclause (2)(e) of this clause, where a Playleader or Supervisor Playleader has not received an increment in the 12 month period prior to their anniversary date and there is a remaining increment in that Level then he/she will receive that increment on their anniversary date subject to paragraph (a) of this subclause.

(4)


$E12 Jun 96.
$F22 Aug 96
A.S.N.A.
TOTAL WAGE$

Co-ordinator - Level One





Step I
591.50
591.50
637.50
1229.00

Step II
619.60
619.60
648.20
1267.80

Step III
642.10
642.10
656.40
1298.50

Step IV
659.55
672.60
665.30
1337.90

Step V
684.70
704.00
677.10
1381.10







Co-ordinator - Level Two





Step I
659.60
672.60
665.30
1337.90

Step II
687.85
704.00
677.10
1381.10

Step III
709.85
729.50
686.80
1416.30

Step IV
719.70
744.30
692.30
1436.60







(a) Co-ordinator Level One with two or three years training or relevant experience enters Step I and exits Step IV.

(b) Co-ordinator Level One with four years training enters Step II and exits Step IV.

(c) Co-ordinator Level Two with two or three years training or relevant experience enters Step I and exits Step III.

(d) Co-ordinator Level Two with two or three years training or relevant experience enters Step II and exits Step IV.

(e) "Training" in terms of a Coordinator Level One and Level Two shall be considered to be in line with training as specified for Playleader and Supervisor Playleader.

(f) "Relevant Experience" in terms of a Coordinator Level One and Level Two shall be considered to be in line with that specified for Playleader and Supervisor Playleader, subject to paragraph (g) of this subclause.

(g) In addition to the grading, level of training and/or experience relevant to determining the appropriate level of pay for a Coordinator Level One and Coordinator Level Two in accordance with this clause, an employer may advance a Coordinator Level One or Coordinator Level Two beyond the steps or increments provided for taking into account any factor relevant to the exercise of increased skill and responsibility.

(h) Progression from Step to Step for a Coordinator Level One and Coordinator Level Two will be contingent upon:

(i) 12 months service at each Step; and

(ii) satisfactory performance at each Step.

(5) (a) The rates payable to persons pursuant to Column E of subclause (4) shall be operative from the beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after 12 June 1996.

(b) The rates payable to persons pursuant to Column F of subclause (4) shall be operative from the beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after 22 August 1996.

(6) Junior Rates

An employee, under the age of 21 years, employed pursuant to this award shall be paid a percentage of the rate applicable to an adult employee in an equivalent classification according to the relevant experience and qualification:


%


At 17 years of age
60
At 18 years of age
75
At 19 years of age
85
At 20 years of age
95
Thereafter the adult rate


(7) A casual employee, as defined in Clause 4. - Definitions of this award, shall, in addition to the ordinary hourly rate of wage prescribed for the classification of work performed, receive a loading of 20%.

(8) An employee who has had previous experience relevant to employment covered by this award may have that experience taken into account in determining the year of employment at which the employee is appointed and paid.

(9) It is a condition that no employee shall suffer a reduction in wages by reasons of the coming into operation of any Order of the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission in the implementation of the minimum rates adjustment on or after the 22nd August, 1994.

(10) The rates of pay in this award include arbitrated safety net adjustments available since December 1993, under the Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustment Principle.

These arbitrated safety net adjustments may be offset against any equivalent amount in the rate of pay received by employees since 1 November 1991 above the rate prescribed in the Award, except where such absorption is contrary to the terms of an industrial agreement.

Increases in rates of pay otherwise made under the State Wage Case Principles, excepting those resulting from enterprise agreements, are not to be used to offset arbitrated safety net adjustments.

(11) Wage relativities in the Award have been established in accordance with the September 1989 State Wage Case Decision ([1989] 69 WAIG 2917) and the establishment of a Key Minimum Classification Rate for the Qualified Child Care Giver (73 WAIG 101 and 74 WAIG 2161).