Gender undervaluation - priority awards review
Published 23 April 2025 | Updated 1 May 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.
On this page:
- What's changing
- Changes to pay rates in the Pharmacy Award
- More information
- Keep up to date
- Related information
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 have been updated with the new rates and are now available.
To view the new rates, select 30 June 2025 as the calculation date when using the tool.
New versions of the pay guides are also available to view and download.
Pharmacy Industry Award [MA000012] Pay Guide (DOCX) | (PDF)
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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