Introduction
We are reviewing modern award classifications that require an undergraduate university degree on work value grounds to remedy potential undervaluation.
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Awards to be considered
Following the Annual Wage Review 2025 decision (pdf), we have commenced this case to review classifications in modern awards that require, as a minimum, an undergraduate university degree and that are not aligned with the C1(a) benchmark rate.
The Expert Panel propose that certain classifications in the following awards are to be considered for review:
- Airport Employees Award 2020
- Ambulance and Patient Transport Industry Award 2020
- Animal Care and Veterinary Services Award 2020
- Architects Award 2020
- Black Coal Mining Industry Award 2020
- Book Industry Award 2020
- Broadcasting and Recorded Entertainment Award 2020
- Educational Services (Post-Secondary Education) Award 2020
- Educational Services (Schools) General Staff Award 2020
- Electrical Power Industry Award 2020
- Higher Education Industry—Academic Staff—Award 2020
- Higher Education Industry—General Staff—Award 2020
- Hydrocarbons Field Geologists Award 2020
- Legal Services Award 2020
- Live Performance Award 2020
- Local Government Industry Award 2020
- Medical Practitioners Award 2020
- Professional Employees Award 2020
- Rail Industry Award 2020
- State Government Agencies Award 2020
- Surveying Award 2020
- Water Industry Award 2020
This review may also examine any classifications in the listed awards for which a diploma qualification is required and which are not aligned with the equivalent level in the C10 Metals Framework.
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