2025 WAIRC 00625
Quadriplegic Centre Award

27. - WAGES

PART A

The minimum rate of wage payable under this award for Enrolled Nurses and Nursing Assistants shall be as follows:



Base Rate Per Week$
Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustments Per Week$
Total Per Week$





(1)
Enrolled Nurse Level One




1st year of employment
418.80
638.70
1057.50

2nd year of employment
423.80
640.70
1064.50

3rd year and employment and thereafter
434.70
644.40
1079.10





(2)
Nursing Assistant (at 19 years of age and over)




1st year of employment
377.40
621.00
998.40

2nd year of employment
387.80
624.00
1011.80

3rd year of employment and thereafter
398.30
627.00
1025.30






(3) Nursing Assistant (under 19 years of age)

The rate shall be a percentage of the total wage prescribed for a Nursing Assistant in his/her first year of employment in subclause (4) of this clause per week, as follows:-

Under 17 years of age
73%
Under 18 years of age
81%
Under 19 years of age
87%

(4) (a) Any employee who has passed the examination for registration prescribed by the Nurses' Board of WA shall for the purposes of this clause be deemed to be an Enrolled Nurse.

(b) An Enrolled Nurse undergoing training in a post basic course approved by the Nurses' Board of WA, will be paid the "first year of employment" rate of wage for his/her appropriate classification level during the training period.

(c) The ordinary rate of wage prescribed for an Enrolled Nurse in this clause shall be increased by $11.60 per week when a Registered Enrolled Nurse has obtained a second post basic certificate approved by the Nurses' Board of WA, and he/she is required to use the knowledge gained in that certificate as part of his/her employment.

(5) When the term "year of employment" is used in this clause it shall mean all service whether full time or part time in any of the classifications contained in this award with the Centre covered by this award and shall be calculated in periods of completed months from the date of commencement of work covered by this award. Provided that:

(a) "Service" in this context shall have the same meaning as it does in the Long Service Leave conditions appropriate to the employee concerned, but confined to respondents to this award; except where the employer or the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission deems it appropriate to include service with hospitals not respondent to this award.

(b) Employees shall be paid the rates shown in this clause according to their year of employment calculated in accordance with the provisions of this subclause. Proof of previous service, if required by the employer, shall rest on the employee; provided that production of the certificate or certificates referred to in Part C, paragraph (c) of subclause (1) of this clause, shall be sufficient proof for the purpose of this paragraph.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (b) of this subclause, an Enrolled Nurse who successfully completes a re-registration course following a break in service shall commence employment on the rate prescribed as follows:

(i) Five year break in service - at third year of employment rate provided that the 1st and 2nd year of service rates have previously been attained.

(ii) Six year but less than eight year break in service - at second year of employment rate.

(iii) Greater that eight year break in service - at the first year of employment rate.

PART B

(1) The minimum rate of wage for employees other than Enrolled Nurses and Nursing Assistants payable under this Award shall be as follows:


Base Rate Per Week$
Arbitrated Safety Net Adjustments Per Week$
Total Per Week$
LEVEL 1



Cleaner
Domestic
Catering Attendant
All other employees



1st year of employment
369.50
618.60
988.10
2nd year of employment
374.10
620.00
994.10
3rd year of employment and thereafter
378.00
621.10
999.10




LEVEL 2



Handyperson



1st year of employment
383.40
622.70
1006.10
2nd year of employment
388.00
624.00
1012.00
3rd year of employment and thereafter
392.00
625.00
1017.00




LEVEL 3







Senior Food Service Attendant
Cleaning Services Supervisor







1st year of employment
399.10
627.10
1026.20
2nd year of employment
403.90
628.70
1032.60
3rd year of employment and thereafter
408.30
629.80
1038.10




LEVEL 4



Tradesperson Cook



1st year of employment
445.10
648.40
1093.50
2nd year of employment
451.10
650.90
1102.00
3rd year of employment and thereafter
457.00
653.20
1110.20





(2) Junior Employees:

The minimum rate of wage payable to junior employees shall be the following percentage of the prescribed wage during the first year of employment for an adult employee doing the same class of work.


%


Under 17 years of age
60
Under 18 years of age
70
Under 19 years of age
80
At 19 years of age
100

The percentage outlined above will also apply for the purpose of calculating the shift penalty loading payable pursuant to clauses 16, 17, 21 and 22 of this award.


PART C
General Conditions:

(1)

(a) Casual employees shall be paid at the rate of 20 percent in addition to the rates prescribed in this Award.

(b) Except where this clause specifies classifications which require the employee to be in charge of other employees, any employee who is placed in charge of:

(i) not less than three and not more than 10 other employees shall be paid $19.65 per week in addition to the ordinary wage prescribed by this clause;

(ii) more than 10 and not more than 20 other employees shall be paid $29.35 per week in addition to the ordinary wage prescribed by this clause;

(iii) more than 20 other employees shall be paid $39.05 per week in addition to the ordinary wage prescribed by this clause.

(c) Each employee whose service terminates shall at the time of termination be given a certificate signed by the employer in which shall be stated the name of the employee, the period of service, whether the service was full time or part time and the classifications in this award in which work has been carried out.

Provided that where an employee terminates without that employee having given the prescribed period of notice, the employer shall be under no obligation to provide the certificate at the time of termination. The employee shall, however, be entitled to request and receive the certificate at any time after the termination.

(d) The rates herein prescribed shall be increased by the amount of any percentage increase in wages awarded by the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission to employees covered by this award.

Where any increase in wages is not a percentage increase, the rates of wage shown in this award as relating to afternoon and night shift, permanent shift or weekend work or public holidays shall be adjusted to reflect the relationship which the additional payment bears to the amount of $457.65 as at the 1st January, 1990.

(e) Minimum Adult Award Wage

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

(ii) 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.

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

(iv) 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.

(v) 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.

(vi) 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.

(vii) 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.

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

(aa) Apply to all work in ordinary hours.

(bb) 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.

(ix) 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.

(x) Adult Apprentices

(aa) 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.

(bb) 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.

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

(dd) 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.

(ee) 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.

(ff) 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.



(2) 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.