Hospitality minimum wage increase starts 1st February
The Fair Work Commission has announced a 1.75% increase to minimum wages. This will apply to all award wages. Most employees are covered by an award. If you’re not sure which award applies, use Find my award.
For anyone not covered by an award or an agreement, the new National Minimum Wage is $753.80 per week or $19.84 per hour. This applies from the first full pay period starting on or after 1 July 2020. You can read the detailed decision 
on the Fair Work Commission’s website.
What do you need to do?
You can find the new rates in our Pay guides and Pay Calculator for the construction, manufacturing and a range of other industries. If you have a My account you can subscribe to updates and manage your subscriptions in your account.
Who does the increase apply to?
The increase only applies to employees that get their pay rates from:
- the National Minimum Wage
- an award, or
- a registered agreement (in some cases).
If you’re covered by a registered agreement, you should check it to see if this increase affects you. The increase doesn’t affect employees who already get paid more than their new minimum wage.
Interaction with the JobKeeper payment
The new minimum wages also apply to any work an employee performs while they're in the JobKeeper scheme, if they get their pay rate from an award or the National Minimum Wage. See JobKeeper and the Annual Wage Review 2020 on our JobKeeper scheme page for more information.
When will my award increase?
Group 3 Awards - from 1 February 2021
The new minimum wages will start in the following awards from the first full pay period starting on or after 1 February 2021.
- Air Pilots Award
- Aircraft Cabin Crew Award
- Airline Operations-Ground Staff Award
- Airport Employees Award
- Alpine Resorts Award
- Amusement, Events and Recreation Award
- Commercial Sales Award
- Dry Cleaning and Laundry Industry Award
- Fast Food Industry Award
- Fitness Industry Award
- General Retail Industry Award
- Hair and Beauty Industry Award
- Horse and Greyhound Training Award
- Hospitality Industry (General) Award
- Live Performance Award
- Mannequins and Models Award
- Marine Tourism and Charter Vessels Award
- Nursery Award
- Professional Diving Industry (Recreational) Award
- Racing Clubs Events Award
- Racing Industry Ground Maintenance Award
- Registered and Licensed Clubs Award
- Restaurant Industry Award
- Sporting Organisations Award
- Travelling Shows Award
- Vehicle Repair, Services and Retail Award
- Wine Industry Award
Fair Work Ombudsman, accessed 21st February 2021
