From the first full pay period on or after 1 November 2020, new minimum rates and allowances start in awards for the construction, manufacturing and a range of other industries.

Following on from Group 1 Awards increasing from 1 July 2020, Group 2 Awards increase from the first full pay period starting on or after 1 November 2020. Below is a list of Awards affected:

• Aluminium Industry Award

• Animal Care and Veterinary Services Award

• Aquaculture Industry Award

• Architects Award

• Asphalt Industry Award

• Black Coal Mining Industry Award

• Book Industry Award

• Broadcasting, Recorded Entertainment and Cinemas Award

• Building and Construction General On-site Award

• Business Equipment Award

• Car Parking Award

• Cement, Lime and Quarrying Award

• Clerks—Private Sector Award

• Coal Export Terminals Award

• Concrete Products Award

• Contract Call Centres Award

• Cotton Ginning Award

• Dredging Industry Award

• Educational Services (Post-Secondary Education) Award

• Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award

• Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing Award

• Gardening and Landscaping Services Award

• Graphic Arts, Printing and Publishing Award

• Higher Education Industry-Academic Staff-Award

• Higher Education Industry-General Staff-Award

• Horticulture Award

• Hydrocarbons Field Geologists Award

• Hydrocarbons Industry (Upstream) Award

• Joinery and Building Trades Award

• Journalists Published Media Award

• Labour Market Assistance Industry Award

• Legal Services Award

• Local Government Industry Award

• Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award

• Marine Towage Award

• Maritime Offshore Oil and Gas Award

• Market and Social Research Award

• Meat Industry Award

• Mining Industry Award

• Miscellaneous Award

• Mobile Crane Hiring Award

• Oil Refining and Manufacturing Award

• Passenger Vehicle Transportation Award

• Pastoral Award

• Pest Control Industry Award

• Pharmaceutical Industry Award

• Plumbing and Fire Sprinklers Award

• Port Authorities Award

• Ports, Harbours and Enclosed Water Vessels Award

• Poultry Processing Award

• Premixed Concrete Award

• Professional Diving Industry (Industrial) Award

• Professional Employees Award

• Rail Industry Award

• Real Estate Industry Award

• Road Transport (Long Distance Operations) Award

• Road Transport and Distribution Award

• Salt Industry Award

• Seafood Processing Award

• Seagoing Industry Award

• Security Services Award

• Silviculture Award

• Stevedoring Industry Award

• Storage Services and Wholesale Award

• Sugar Industry Award

• Supported Employment Services Award

• Surveying Award

• Telecommunications Services Award

• Textile, Clothing, Footwear and Associated Industries Award

• Timber Industry Award

• Transport (Cash in Transit) Award

• Waste Management Award

• Wool Storage, Sampling and Testing Award

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