State Wage Case Variation Schedule for SAL005
Document Type: Direction
Matter Number: A 5/1995
Matter Description: Salaried Officers (Association for the Blind of WesternAustralia) Award, 1995
Industry:
Jurisdiction: Single Commissioner
Member/Magistrate name:
Delivery Date: 5 Aug 2025
Result:
Citation: 2025 WAIRC 00636
WAIG Reference: 105 WAIG 1806
2025 WAIRC 00636
Salaried Officers (Association for the Blind of Western Australia) Award, 1995
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.
SCHEDULE C – MINIMUM SALARIES
(1) Subject to the provisions of Clause 7. – Classification/Salary Rates, Schedule D – Classification and Grading of Employees and to the provisions of this Schedule, the minimum annual salaries for employees bound by the award are set hereinafter.
(2) Minimum Salaries.
LEVELS
CURRENT
ASNA
NEW
Level 1 Under 17 Years Of Age
11363
15828
27191
17 Years Of Age
13270
18485
31755
18 Years Of Age
15490
21577
37067
19 Years Of Age
17929
24974
42903
20 Years Of Age
20135
28047
48182
21 Years Of Age 1 st Year Of Service
22117
30808
52925
22 Years Of Age 2 nd Year Of Service
22771
30994
53765
23 Years Of Age 3 rd Year Of Service
23421
31180
54601
24 Years Of Age 4 th Year Of Service
24069
31708
55777
Level 2
24720
31953
56673
25371
32198
57569
26120
32337
58457
26638
32533
59171
27403
32820
60223
Level 3
28307
33160
61467
29010
33426
62436
29749
33700
63449
30928
34144
65072
Level 4
31545
34377
65922
32470
34724
67194
33421
34938
68359
34772
35445
70217
Level 5
35476
35711
71187
36443
36074
72517
37438
36308
73746
38462
36692
75154
Level 6
40434
37433
77867
41898
37983
79881
43978
38766
82744
Level 7
45091
39184
84275
46501
39716
86217
47962
40265
88227
Level 8
50097
41070
91167
51847
41726
93573
Level 9
54495
42721
97216
56337
43414
99751
Level 10
58354
44174
102528
61598
45393
106991
Level 11
64189
46369
110558
66824
47357
114181
Level 12
70437
48717
119154
72878
49635
122513
75662
50684
126346
(a) An employee, who is 21 years of age or older on appointment to a classification equivalent to Level 1, may be appointed to the minimum rate of pay based on years of service, not on age.
(b) A Medical Typist or Medical Secretary shall be paid a medical terminology allowance of $1000 per annum.
For the purposes of this subclause ‘Medical Typist’ and ‘Medical Secretary’ shall mean those workers classified on a classification equivalent to Level 1, 2, or 3 who spend at least 50% of their time typing from tapes, shorthand, and/or Doctor’s notes of case histories, summaries, reports or similar material involving a broad range of medical terminology.
(c) Where State Wage Case decisions of the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission result in an expressed money adjustment to adult (21 years and over) salaries under this clause, the rates for Level 1 employees under 21 years shall be calculated using the following formula:
Current junior rate ÷ Current Level 1 (21 years, 1 st year of service) rate x ASNA rate for Level 1 (21 years, 1 st year of service) = Junior ASNA rate.
The junior ASNA rate is added to the Current Junior Rate to obtain the applicable New Junior rate.
(3) Salaries – Specified Callings and Other Professionals
(a) Employees, who possess a relevant tertiary level qualification, or equivalent as agreed between the union and the employers, and who are employed in the callings of Architect, Audiologist, Bio Engineer, Chemist, Dietician, Engineer, Medical Scientist, Librarian, Occupational Therapist, Orthoptist, Physiotherapist, Physicist, Pharmacist, Clinical Psychologist, Psychologist, Research Officer, Scientific Officer, Social Worker, Speech Pathologist, Podiatrist, Medical Imaging Technologist, Nuclear Medicine Technologist, Radiation Therapist, or any other professional calling as agreed between the Union and employers, shall be entitled to Annual Salaries as follows:
LEVELS
CURRENT
ASNA
NEW
Level 3/5
28307
33160
61467
29749
33700
63449
31545
34377
65922
33421
34938
68359
36443
36074
72517
38462
36692
75154
Level 6
40434
37433
77867
41898
37983
79881
43978
38766
82744
Level 7
45091
39184
84275
46501
39716
86217
47962
40265
88227
Level 8
50097
41070
91167
51847
41726
93573
Level 9
54495
42721
97216
56337
43414
99751
Level 10
58354
44174
102528
61598
45393
106991
Level 11
64189
46369
110558
66824
47357
114181
Level 12
70437
48717
119154
72878
49635
122513
75662
50684
126346
(b) Subject to subclause (d) of this clause, on appointment or promotion to the Level 3/5 under this subclause:
(i) Employees, who have completed an approved three academic year tertiary qualification, relevant to their calling, shall commence at the first year increment.
(ii) Employees, who have completed an approved four academic year tertiary qualification, relevant to their calling, shall commence at the second year increment.
(iii) Employees, who have completed an approved Masters or PhD Degree relevant to their calling shall commence on the third year increment.
Provided that employees who attain a higher tertiary level qualification after appointment shall not be entitled to any advanced progression through the range.
(c) The employer and union shall be responsible for determining the relevant acceptable qualifications for appointment for the callings covered by this subclause and shall maintain a manual setting out such qualifications.
(d) The employer in allocating levels pursuant to clause (3) of this schedule may determine a commencing salary above Level 3/5 for a particular calling/s.
(4) Annual salary increments shall be subject to the employee’s satisfactory performance over the preceding twelve months which shall be assessed according to an agreed form of performance appraisal.
(5) 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.
Salaried Officers (Association for the Blind of Western Australia) Award, 1995
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.
SCHEDULE C – MINIMUM SALARIES
(1) Subject to the provisions of Clause 7. – Classification/Salary Rates, Schedule D – Classification and Grading of Employees and to the provisions of this Schedule, the minimum annual salaries for employees bound by the award are set hereinafter.
(2) Minimum Salaries.
LEVELS
CURRENT
ASNA
NEW
Level 1 Under 17 Years Of Age
11363
15828
27191
17 Years Of Age
13270
18485
31755
18 Years Of Age
15490
21577
37067
19 Years Of Age
17929
24974
42903
20 Years Of Age
20135
28047
48182
21 Years Of Age 1 st Year Of Service
22117
30808
52925
22 Years Of Age 2 nd Year Of Service
22771
30994
53765
23 Years Of Age 3 rd Year Of Service
23421
31180
54601
24 Years Of Age 4 th Year Of Service
24069
31708
55777
Level 2
24720
31953
56673
25371
32198
57569
26120
32337
58457
26638
32533
59171
27403
32820
60223
Level 3
28307
33160
61467
29010
33426
62436
29749
33700
63449
30928
34144
65072
Level 4
31545
34377
65922
32470
34724
67194
33421
34938
68359
34772
35445
70217
Level 5
35476
35711
71187
36443
36074
72517
37438
36308
73746
38462
36692
75154
Level 6
40434
37433
77867
41898
37983
79881
43978
38766
82744
Level 7
45091
39184
84275
46501
39716
86217
47962
40265
88227
Level 8
50097
41070
91167
51847
41726
93573
Level 9
54495
42721
97216
56337
43414
99751
Level 10
58354
44174
102528
61598
45393
106991
Level 11
64189
46369
110558
66824
47357
114181
Level 12
70437
48717
119154
72878
49635
122513
75662
50684
126346
(a) An employee, who is 21 years of age or older on appointment to a classification equivalent to Level 1, may be appointed to the minimum rate of pay based on years of service, not on age.
(b) A Medical Typist or Medical Secretary shall be paid a medical terminology allowance of $1000 per annum.
For the purposes of this subclause ‘Medical Typist’ and ‘Medical Secretary’ shall mean those workers classified on a classification equivalent to Level 1, 2, or 3 who spend at least 50% of their time typing from tapes, shorthand, and/or Doctor’s notes of case histories, summaries, reports or similar material involving a broad range of medical terminology.
(c) Where State Wage Case decisions of the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission result in an expressed money adjustment to adult (21 years and over) salaries under this clause, the rates for Level 1 employees under 21 years shall be calculated using the following formula:
Current junior rate ÷ Current Level 1 (21 years, 1 st year of service) rate x ASNA rate for Level 1 (21 years, 1 st year of service) = Junior ASNA rate.
The junior ASNA rate is added to the Current Junior Rate to obtain the applicable New Junior rate.
(3) Salaries – Specified Callings and Other Professionals
(a) Employees, who possess a relevant tertiary level qualification, or equivalent as agreed between the union and the employers, and who are employed in the callings of Architect, Audiologist, Bio Engineer, Chemist, Dietician, Engineer, Medical Scientist, Librarian, Occupational Therapist, Orthoptist, Physiotherapist, Physicist, Pharmacist, Clinical Psychologist, Psychologist, Research Officer, Scientific Officer, Social Worker, Speech Pathologist, Podiatrist, Medical Imaging Technologist, Nuclear Medicine Technologist, Radiation Therapist, or any other professional calling as agreed between the Union and employers, shall be entitled to Annual Salaries as follows:
LEVELS
CURRENT
ASNA
NEW
Level 3/5
28307
33160
61467
29749
33700
63449
31545
34377
65922
33421
34938
68359
36443
36074
72517
38462
36692
75154
Level 6
40434
37433
77867
41898
37983
79881
43978
38766
82744
Level 7
45091
39184
84275
46501
39716
86217
47962
40265
88227
Level 8
50097
41070
91167
51847
41726
93573
Level 9
54495
42721
97216
56337
43414
99751
Level 10
58354
44174
102528
61598
45393
106991
Level 11
64189
46369
110558
66824
47357
114181
Level 12
70437
48717
119154
72878
49635
122513
75662
50684
126346
(b) Subject to subclause (d) of this clause, on appointment or promotion to the Level 3/5 under this subclause:
(i) Employees, who have completed an approved three academic year tertiary qualification, relevant to their calling, shall commence at the first year increment.
(ii) Employees, who have completed an approved four academic year tertiary qualification, relevant to their calling, shall commence at the second year increment.
(iii) Employees, who have completed an approved Masters or PhD Degree relevant to their calling shall commence on the third year increment.
Provided that employees who attain a higher tertiary level qualification after appointment shall not be entitled to any advanced progression through the range.
(c) The employer and union shall be responsible for determining the relevant acceptable qualifications for appointment for the callings covered by this subclause and shall maintain a manual setting out such qualifications.
(d) The employer in allocating levels pursuant to clause (3) of this schedule may determine a commencing salary above Level 3/5 for a particular calling/s.
(4) Annual salary increments shall be subject to the employee’s satisfactory performance over the preceding twelve months which shall be assessed according to an agreed form of performance appraisal.
(5) 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.