See Upcoming changes to state employment laws for details on the changes.
Many employers and employees in the WA state industrial relations system are covered by WA awards. WA awards are legal documents that set rates of pay and working arrangements in a particular industry or occupation.
Each WA award summary details:
- what industries and/or occupations the award covers
- the current pay rates and major allowances
- working hours
- leave entitlements, including minimum entitlements from employment laws
- notice periods and entitlements when employment ends.
Some WA awards contain pay rates that are currently below the State Minimum Wage. The correct rates are published in Wageline’s WA award summaries.
The page for each WA award summary also includes previous versions of the relevant WA award summary for the past 6 years. These are provided as a resource for employers and employees. The previous versions contain out-of-date rates of pay.
National system employers and employees can get award information from the Fair Work Ombudsman
• Aboriginal Communities and Organisations Award Summary
• Animal Welfare Award Summary
• Bakers (Country) Award Summary
• Bakers (Metropolitan) Award Summary
• Building Trades Award Summary
• Building Trades (Construction) Award Summary
• Children's Services (Private) Award Summary
• Cleaners and Caretakers Award Summary
• Cleaners and Caretakers (Car and Caravan Parks) Award Summary
• Clerks (Accountants Employees) Award Summary
• Clerks (Commercial, Social and Professional Services) Award Summary
• Clerks (Hotels, Motels and Clubs) Award Summary
• Clerks (Wholesale and Retail Establishments) Award Summary
• Club Workers Award Summary
• Contract Cleaners Award Summary
• Crisis Assistance, Supported Housing Industry - Western Australian Interim Award Summary
• Dental Technicians and Attendant/Receptionists Award Summary
• Earth Moving and Construction Award Summary
• Electrical Contracting Industry Award Summary
• Enrolled Nurses and Nursing Assistants (Private) Award Summary
• Farm Employees Award Summary
• Fast Food Outlets Award Summary
• Food Industry (Food Manufacturing or Processing) Award Summary
• Fruit Growing and Fruit Packing Industry Award Summary
• Furniture Trades Industry Award Summary
• Hairdressers Award Summary
• Hotel and Tavern Workers Award Summary
• Industrial Spraypainting and Sandblasting Award Summary
• Landscape Gardening Industry Award Summary
• Licensed Establishments (Retail and Wholesale) Award Summary
• Local Government Officers Award Summary
• Meat Industry Award Summary
• Metal Trades (General) Award Summary
• Motel, Hostel, Service Flats and Boarding House Workers Award Summary
• Motor Vehicle Industry (Service Station, etc.) Award Summary
• Municipal Employees Award Summary
• Pastrycooks Award Summary
• Photographic Industry Award Summary
• Printing Award Summary
• Restaurant, Tearoom and Catering Workers Award Summary
• Retail Pharmacists Award Summary
• Security Officers Award Summary
• Sheet Metal Workers Award Summary
• Shop and Warehouse (Wholesale and Retail Establishments) Award Summary
• Social and Community Services (Western Australia) Interim Award Summary
• Transport Workers (General) Award Summary
• Transport Workers (Passenger Vehicles) Award Summary
• Vehicle Builders Award Summary
• Wine Industry Award Summary
