Gender undervaluation - priority awards review

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Published 23 April 2025

The Fair Work Commission has announced changes to minimum pay rates under the Pharmacy Award. It also proposes to make changes to 4 other priority awards.

What's changing

Minimum pay rates for certain employees under the Pharmacy Award are increasing, following the Fair Work Commission’s (Commission) gender undervaluation review of 5 priority awards.

The Commission has also proposed to make changes to the remaining 4 priority awards.

These awards are:

  • Health Services Award
  • Social, Community Home Care and Disability Services Award
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Award
  • Children’s Services Award.

These changes are still being finalised by the Commission. We’ll provide more information when it’s available. Please keep checking back here for updates.

Changes to pay rates in the Pharmacy Award

Minimum wages for pharmacists (including pharmacy interns) covered by the Pharmacy Award will increase by 14.1%.

The increase will be applied in 3 stages on:

  • 30 June 2025
  • 30 June 2026
  • 30 June 2027.

The first increase will apply from the first full pay period starting on or after 30 June 2025. These rates are available in the Commission’s final determination.

Prepare for the changes

Our Pay and Conditions Tool and Pay guides will be updated with the new rates before 30 June 2025.

Subscribe to email updates and we’ll let you know when the new rates are available in our tools.

More information

We’re updating our website information, tools and resources and we’ll have more detailed information about the changes available soon.

In the meantime, you can visit the Fair Work Commission’s website Gender-based undervaluation – priority awards review.

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