Fair Work Commission

National minimum wage order

Published below is the National Minimum Wage Order 2018 taking into account the Expert Panel's decision of 1 June 2018. The order comes into operation on 1 July 2018:

• National Minimum Wage Order 2018 (PDF)
• National Minimum Wage Order 2018 (HTML)

Draft national minimum wage order

On 1 June 2018, the Expert Panel issued its Annual Wage Review 2017–18 Decision [[2018] FWCFB 3500], which details the rates to be set in the national minimum wage order to take effect on 1 July 2018.

The Fair Work Act 2009 requires that the Expert Panel publish the national minimum wage order before 1 July 2018.

Below is the draft national minimum wage order that was released after the Expert Panel’s decision of 1 June 2018.

Any inquiries or suggested amendments regarding the draft order should be emailed to awr@fwc.gov.au by Thursday 21 June 2018.

The final order, incorporating any additional changes, will be published on this webpage prior to 1 July 2018.

• Draft national minimum wage order 2018 (Word)