As of 1 July 2019:

• the new pay rates apply from the first pay period that starts on or after 1 July.

  For example; if your pay week is Monday to Sunday, the new minimum wages start to apply from Monday 1 July.

• the high income threshold is $148,900 per annum from 1 July 2019.

Read more about the Fair Work Commission Annual Wage review 

What has been updated on the site?

The individual pages and tools listed have been updated – you can read through them and/or download.

We have also listed recent updates below (last 12 months) for ease of reference.

From 1 July 2019: 

• Pay rates, ESKi – Payroll (pay rates)
• New: Single Touch Payroll flyer (applies from 1 July, transition period applies)
• Pastoral Award 2010 
• Termination (high income threshold) 
• Download: Flat pay rate calculator (also in the ESKi, IFA section)
• Download: FAQ tackling pay rates fact sheet (also in the ESKi, payroll section)
• Download: National Training Wage Schedule 
• WA state industrial laws (pay rates)

Recent updates

• – Hiring people from overseas (web page) – updates across a number of visas including:

    Labour Agreement – some updates April 2019; Visa subclass 417 & 462 – July 2019; TSS Visa subclass 482 – March 2019

• – FAQ: Backpacker fact sheet (inc third year working holiday visa information) – July 2019
• – Contract templates with family and domestic violence leave (also in ESKi, Employing Someone section)
    – updated Dec 2018 / Feb 2019
• – National Employment Standards – Dec 2018
• – Requests for flexible working arrangements – Dec 2018
• – Long Service Leave (Victoria) – applies from 1 Nov 2018
• – Termination (high income threshold) and paying out notice provisions were amended – Nov 2018
• – Employees: Casual conversion – applies from 1 Oct 2018
• – Family and domestic violence leave – August 2018

The following table has the PREVIOUS pay rates (from 1 July 2018 – 30 June 2019).