2025 WAIRC 00523
Department of Education (Residential College Supervisors) Award 2005

2. - MINIMUM ADULT 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.



SCHEDULE A - SALARIES


Annual Base Salary – from the beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after 1 July 2025
25% loading over 46 weeks
College Managers Grade A: 0 – 20


1st year of service
61598
13579
Grade B: 21 – 80


1st year of service
63910
14089
2nd year of service
65444
14427
3rd year if service
66601
14682
4th year of service
67178
14809
or thereafter


Grade C: 81 – 130


1st year of service
68347
15067
2nd year of service
69510
15323
3rdyear if service
70668
15579
or thereafter


Grade D: 131 – 200


1st year of service
71242
15705
2nd year of service
72403
15961
3rd year if service
73748
16258
or thereafter


Grade E: 201 – 300


1st year of service
75225
16583
2nd year of service
76696
16907
3rd year if service
78176
17234
or thereafter


Senior Supervisors


Grade A: 0 – 20


1st year of service
52601
11596
Grade B: 21 – 80


1st year of service
54642
12046
2nd year of service or thereafter
56390
12431
Grade C: - 81 – 130


1st year of service
57223
12615
2nd year of service or thereafter
57899
12764
Grade D: 131 – 200


1st year of service
58317
12856
2nd year of service or thereafter
58508
12898
Grade E: 201 – 300


1st year of service
58892
12983
2nd year of service or thereafter
59406
13096
Supervisors


1st year of service
51763
11411
2nd year of service
52182
11503
3rd year of service or thereafter
52601
11596



Casual and Part-Time Supervisory Staff Hourly Rates of Pay





(25% Loading Excluded)






from the beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after 1 July 2025

Part-time Supervisory Staff
$26.46 per hour




Casual Supervisory Staff (Includes 20% Casual Loading)
$31.75 per hour


For the purposes of calculating part-time and casual hourly rates of pay (25% loading allowance excluded) the following formulae will apply:

Part-Time Supervisor

Annual base salary x 12 divided by 313 = fortnightly base salary

fortnightly base salary divided by 75 = hourly salary.

Casual Supervisor

Part-time hourly salary + 20% loading = casual hourly salary.