Special national minimum wage for employees with disability

There are 2 special national minimum wages for employees with disability who are not covered by an award or agreement.

Disability that doesn’t affect work

Special National Minimum Wage 1 is for employees whose disability doesn’t affect the way they can do their job.

They must get at least $606.40 per week (before tax), or $15.96 per hour.

Disability that does affect work

Special National Minimum Wage 2 is for employees with a disability that does affect the way they can do their job.

They get a percentage of Special National Minimum Wage 1 (see above).

The percentage is based on ‘assessed productive capacity’. For example, someone with a capacity of 70% would get 70% of Special National Minimum Wage 1 (ie. 70% of $15.96 per hour).

This only applies if the employee:

• can’t work at a certain level because their disability affects their productivity
• meets the impairment criteria for a Disability Support Pension
• has been properly assessed by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations .