Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award
Covers the C-stream classifications used across general manufacturing, the V-stream alias used for vehicle manufacturing, and the four Driver classifications (D1-D4). All 19 unloaded base rates plus the all-purpose tool / leading-hand allowances are wired to the resolver - so an ordinary-hour pay run produces the right ordinary hourly rate today.
Partially built. Core rates and the most-used allowances are in place, but specific clauses or cohorts are still on the to-do list. Read the limitations section before relying on this award for your payroll.
Official Fair Work rates. This award’s minimum pay rates are synced directly from the Fair Work Commission’s Modern Awards Pay Database and updated automatically when the Commission changes them - including the annual wage review - so payroll always uses the current legal minimums without a manual update.
What's built
- All 19 cl. 20.1(a) classifications - C14 → C2(b), V8, and D1-D4 - at the 1 July 2025 rates.
- Tool allowance (cl. 19.4) and leading-hand allowance (cl. 19.6) flow through to the ordinary hourly rate as all-purpose allowances.
- First-aid, meal, laundry and vehicle allowances tagged on-occurrence / as-incurred so they only apply when the relevant condition is met.
- Standard 38-hour week divisor - no engagement-based variations apply to this award.
Known limitations
- Apprentice rates (cl. 21) are not yet seeded - apprentices on this award currently need a manual rate override.
- Adult apprentice rates (cl. 22) likewise not yet seeded.
- Trainee minimum rates (Schedule D) not yet seeded.
- Phasing-in rates for employees without relevant work experience (cl. 20.1(e)) not yet seeded - Advanced Certificate / Diploma holders without industry experience.
- Vehicle Manufacturing technical workers, supervisors, trainers and coordinators (Schedule B) map to existing C/V rate rows by definition rather than as separate classifications - assign by skill level.
Setup & special instructions
- Vehicle manufacturing employees can use either the C-stream or V-stream alias for the same rate row - both names point to the same cl. 20.1(a) rate (e.g. C10 = V5).
- V8 is the only V-stream-specific rate (no C-stream equivalent) - used for Vehicle Manufacturing Employee Level VIII at $1,168.90/wk.
- C2 has two sub-levels - C2(a) is lower, C2(b) is higher.
- • Manufacturing
- • Vehicle manufacturing
The consolidated award text is the authoritative source. Always confirm specific obligations against the award itself - Mployr's implementation status reflects what we've seeded; it does not replace legal advice.
Want to see this award running on your data?
We can demo a pay run on the manufacturing award using sample employees in a sandbox tenant - including any of the special-instruction steps above so you can see exactly what your team's day-to-day looks like.
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