Manufacturing Award.

Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award 2020 (MA000010) covers metal work, metal manufacturing, flooring and furniture, rubber and related industries. Common roles include engineering trades, factory hands, laboratory technicians, maintenance. Saturday is paid 150% for the first 3 hours then 200%. Includes formal RDO arrangements. A 7 day shiftworker regularly rostered on Sundays and public holidays gets a fifth week of annual leave (clause 34.2). Supervisor/Trainer/Coordinator rates are set by formula rather than printed, so they are not in the pay table: Level I is the higher of 122% of the minimum hourly rate of the highest technically qualified employee supervised or trained, or 104.3% of the standard rate, and Level II is the higher of 115% of the minimum hourly rate of the highest paid employee supervised or trained, or 113.1% of the standard rate (clause 20.1(g)). The standard rate is the C10/V5 minimum hourly rate (clause 2). A technical employee who starts without the qualification for C10/V5 or above is paid a share of the C9/V6 rate by years of relevant experience: 83% with none, 88% after 1 year, 95% after 2 and the full rate after 3 (clause 20.1(f)); those rates are not in the pay table either. Casual vehicle manufacturing employees in the technical field get a 17.5% casual loading plus pro rata annual leave and annual leave loading, unless the employer settles and records on engagement that a 25% loading applies instead (clauses 11.1(e) and 48); the casual column in the pay table uses 25%. Employers in food, beverage and tobacco manufacturing, including stock feed and pet food, are covered by the Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing Award (its clauses 4.1 and 4.2), which does not cover employers or employees covered by this award (its clause 4.3(f)). Making fungicides, insecticides and vermin or weed destroyers is manufacturing under clause 4.9(bb), but spraying, fumigating, poisoning or otherwise applying them is carved out of it, and employers covered by this award are excluded from the Pest Control Award (MA000097 clause 4.3(c)). Clay and ceramic bricks, tiles and pipes are listed in clause 4.9(o), but concrete versions of those products are not in that list, and the manufacture of concrete pipes, blocks, pavers, slabs and tiles is covered by the Concrete Products Award (MA000056 clause 4.2).

Full-time and part-time employees are paid 150% of their base hourly rate for the first 3 hours worked on Saturday, then 200% for any hours after that. Casual employees receive 187.5% (this award applies the penalty to the CASUAL hourly rate, so the 25% loading compounds rather than adding), then 250% after 3 hours.

FT/PT employees are paid 200% of the base hourly rate (2.00x) for Sunday work. Casuals receive 250% (this award applies the penalty to the CASUAL hourly rate, so the 25% loading compounds rather than adding).

FT/PT employees who work on a gazetted public holiday are paid 250% of the base hourly rate (2.50x). Casuals receive 312.5% (this award applies the penalty to the CASUAL hourly rate, so the 25% loading compounds rather than adding). 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. A 7 day shiftworker regularly rostered to work on Sundays and public holidays gets a 5th week of annual leave under NES s.87(1)(b) (clause 34.2). The 5-week entitlement comes from NES s.87(1)(b), which the Manufacturing Award classifies eligibility for. Calculate annual leave accrual →

Day workers get the greater of 17.5% or the weekend penalty rates they would have earned during the leave, not both. Shift workers get the greater of 17.5% or the weekend and shift penalties they would have earned. Leave loading calculator →

25% on top of the base hourly rate, paid in place of entitlements a casual does not get, such as paid annual leave and paid personal/carer's leave. Under this award the casual loading does NOT simply add to the penalty rates: check the penalty table, because a casual can be paid a different rate from the FT/PT rate plus loading.

Yes. 38-hour week with rostered-day-off arrangements (clause 13.2), commonly accrued at 0.4 hours/day giving one paid RDO every 4 weeks. 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 115% of the base hourly rate (1.15x); night-shift work attracts 115% of the base hourly rate (1.15x); permanent night shift attracts 130% of the base hourly rate (1.30x). For casuals, the casual loading does not simply add to these penalty rates: see the penalty table and coverage notes.

The Fair Work Commission reviews award minimum rates each year in the Annual Wage Review. The rates on this page took effect from 1 July 2026. The official source is the FWO Pay Calculator, which always reflects the current rates. Open the FWO Pay Calculator →