Dry Cleaning and Laundry Industry Award
Covers the dry cleaning and laundry industry - dry cleaning, laundry / linen services, dyeing / colouring, ironing, pressing and finishing of clothing, fabric and linen. Two streams: dry cleaning workplaces (Schedule A, Levels 1-5) and laundry workplaces (Schedule B, Levels 1-4). Standard rate is Dry Cleaning Level 5.
Fully built. Rates, allowances, penalties and any required apprentice / junior rates are all wired to the rate resolver and have been verified against the consolidated award text and the latest pay guide.
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 9 classifications across both sectors at the July 2025 figures.
- Stream-specific junior rates: Dry Cleaning anchored to DC Level 1 (under-16 50% through 20 93%, 21+ adult); Laundry anchored to Laundry Level 1 (under-18 60%, 18 75%, 19 90%, 20+ adult).
- Casual loading 25% with 1-hour minimum engagement (cl. 11).
- Foul-laundry definition and treatment per cl. 20.2(a).
- Shiftworker definition (cl. 25.2) - afternoon and / or night shift, alternating or not - used for AL purposes per cl. 26.2.
Known limitations
No outstanding gaps at this revision - re-verify on the next Fair Work pay-guide release.
Setup & special instructions
- Each employee must be assigned a sector - dry_cleaning or laundry - to drive the right rate scale and junior rate structure.
- Under-18 casuals are NOT permitted to do shiftwork (cl. 25.7).
- • Dry cleaning
- • Laundry
- • Linen services
- • Pressing and finishing
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 dry cleaning & laundry 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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