Pest Control Award.

Pest Control Industry Award 2020 (MA000097) covers pest control, termite inspection and barrier installation, fumigation, vermin, feral animal and weed control in buildings. Common roles include pest control technician work, fumigation, pest inspection and reporting, termite, bird and pest barrier installation and maintenance. Weekend work is ordinary time under this award, not overtime. A day worker can work ordinary hours on any day from Monday to Sunday between 6.00am and 6.00pm (clause 13.2(c)), so Saturday is paid 150% with a 3 hour minimum and Sunday 200% with a 4 hour minimum (clause 21.1). A public holiday is 250% with a 4 hour minimum (clause 21.2). Shiftworkers get 115% on an afternoon shift, 120% on a night shift and 125% on a night shift that does not rotate or alternate with another shift or day work (clauses 22.2 to 22.4), but a shift loading is not paid on top of an overtime, weekend or public holiday rate (clause 22.5). Overtime is 150% for the first 2 hours and 200% after that, Monday to Sunday (clause 20.1), so the first 2 hours of overtime on a Sunday pay less than Sunday ordinary hours. Casuals get the 25% loading added to every penalty, and to overtime as well: 175% for the first 2 hours, then 225% (clause 20.2). Annual leave pay has two parts that are added together: what you would have earned for your ordinary hours, and a 17.5% loading, or your shift penalty instead if you were a shiftworker and it is greater (clause 23.3). Level 1 ($978.10 a week) is below the National Minimum Wage and only applies while you have been in the industry for less than 6 months (clause 12.1(a)). The first aid allowance is written for full-time employees (clause 18.2(d)(i)). The award has no junior or apprentice rates. Employers covered by the Local Government Award, the Manufacturing Award or the Clerks (Private Sector) Award are excluded (clause 4.3).

Full-time and part-time employees are paid 150% of the base hourly rate (1.50x) for working on Saturday. Casuals receive 175% (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).

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. A 7 day shiftworker who is regularly rostered to work on Sundays and public holidays gets the extra week of annual leave for shiftworkers under the NES (clause 23.2). Their excessive leave accrual threshold is 10 weeks instead of 8 (clause 23.6(a)). The 5-week entitlement comes from NES s.87(1)(b), which the Pest Control Award classifies eligibility for. Calculate annual leave accrual →

Day workers are paid what they would have earned for their ordinary hours, AND a flat 17.5% loading on top. Shift workers are paid what they would have earned for their ordinary hours, AND the greater of 17.5% or their shift penalty on top. This award adds the pay and the loading rather than paying the greater of them. The 17.5% is calculated on your minimum hourly rate plus the leading hand and first aid allowances where they apply (clause 23.3(b)). 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. Casual loading is added to the FT/PT rate for Saturday, Sunday, public holidays, afternoon or evening shifts, night shifts and permanent night shifts.

Yes. By agreement, ordinary hours can be worked as a 19 day, 4 week cycle of 8 hour days with a rostered day off in each cycle (clause 14.1(a)). An employer and a majority of employees can agree to more than one RDO a cycle, with up to 10 ordinary hours a day (clause 14.1(b)). An RDO that falls on a public holiday moves to the next working day, or to another day by agreement (clause 14.4). 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, evening work on a shift finishing after 6.00pm and at or before midnight, with most of it worked between 6.00pm and midnight attracts 115% of the base hourly rate (1.15x); night-shift work attracts 120% of the base hourly rate (1.20x); permanent night shift attracts 125% of the base hourly rate (1.25x). For casuals, the 25% casual loading is added on top of these penalty rates.

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 →