Graphic Arts & Printing Award.

Graphic Arts, Printing and Publishing Award 2020 (MA000026) covers printing, publishing, graphic arts, newspaper offices. Common roles include printing, pre-press, print finishing, bookbinding. Day workers work ordinary hours Monday to Friday. Working a Saturday or Sunday is paid 200% (whether as overtime, or as ordinary hours worked by agreement under clause 13.3); public holidays are 250%. Weekday overtime is 150% for the first 3 hours then 200%. Shift loadings are 120% for morning, afternoon and rotating night, and 130% for non-rotating (permanent) night. The award has distinctive newspaper-office provisions and an all-purpose visual-display-terminal allowance. Shiftworker leave loading is the higher of 17.5% or the relevant weekend penalty.

Full-time and part-time employees are paid 200% of the base hourly rate (2.00x) for working on Saturday. Casuals receive 225% (the FT rate plus the 25% casual loading).

FT/PT employees are paid 200% of the base hourly rate (2.00x) for Sunday work. Casuals receive 225% (the FT rate plus the 25% casual loading). This is one of the higher Sunday rates in the modern-award system.

FT/PT employees who work on a gazetted public holiday are paid 250% of the base hourly rate (2.50x). Casuals receive 275% (the FT rate plus the 25% casual loading). Employees who don't work the holiday receive their ordinary day's pay if it would otherwise have been a working day.

Standard full-time employees get 4 weeks of paid annual leave per year under the NES. Continuous shiftworkers accrue 190 hours (5 weeks) of annual leave under NES s.87(1)(b). The 5-week entitlement comes from NES s.87(1)(b), which the Graphic Arts & Printing Award classifies eligibility for. Calculate annual leave accrual →

Shift workers receive the GREATER OF 17.5% leave loading on the minimum hourly rate, OR the shift penalty they would have earned during the period of leave. The award protects shift workers from earning less on leave than they would have working the shifts. Leave loading calculator →

25% on top of the base hourly rate, in lieu of paid annual leave, paid personal leave and notice entitlements. Casual loading is added to the FT/PT rate when a casual works any of the penalty-rate hours above (Saturday, Sunday, public holiday, evening, night).

Yes. The 38-hour week may be worked with rostered days off under clause 13.4. Work performed on an RDO is overtime paid at 150%. RDOs are paid days off, distinct from annual leave; they exist to balance ordinary hours over a fixed period. If you are paid out on termination, accrued RDO time is typically included.

Yes. Under this award, afternoon-shift work attracts 120% of the base hourly rate (1.20x); night-shift work attracts 120% of the base hourly rate (1.20x); permanent night shift attracts 130% of the base hourly rate (1.30x). Casuals receive an additional 25% casual loading on top of these penalty rates.

Pay rates by classification under MA000026 change quarterly with Fair Work Commission Annual Wage Review decisions. The official source is the FWO Pay Calculator, which always reflects the current rates. Open the FWO Pay Calculator →