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PR786544

PR786544 - Variation - 19 Jun 2025

MA000006  PR786544

FAIR WORK COMMISSION

DETERMINATION

 

Fair Work Act 2009

s.285—Annual wage review

Annual Wage Review 2025

(C2025/1)

Higher Education Industry—Academic Staff—Award 2020

[MA000006]

Educational services

JUSTICE HATCHER, PRESIDENT
VICE PRESIDENT ASBURY
DEPUTY PRESIDENT MILLHOUSE
DEPUTY PRESIDENT O’NEILL
MS LABINE-ROMAIN
PROFESSOR BAIRD
MR CULLY

SYDNEY, 19 JUNE 2025

Annual Wage Review 2025.

 

A. Further to the decision issued by the Expert Panel in the Annual Wage Review 2025 on 3 June 2025 [[2025] FWCFB 3500], the above award is varied as follows:

 

1. By deleting the table appearing in clause 16.1 and inserting the following:

Employee classification

Annual salary

(full-time employee)

Minimum hourly rate1

 

$

$

Level A

 

 

1

65,863

33.23

2

68,503

34.56

3

71,140

35.89

4

73,616

37.14

5

75,594

38.13

62

77,739

39.22

7

79,883

40.30

8

82,029

41.38

Level B

 

 

1

85,329

43.04

2

87,803

44.29

3

90,279

45.54

4

92,758

46.79

5

95,230

48.04

6

97,708

49.29

Level C

 

 

1

100,181

50.54

2

102,658

51.79

3

105,130

53.03

4

107,608

54.28

5

110,081

55.53

6

112,557

56.78

Level D

 

 

1

116,683

58.86

2

119,985

60.53

3

123,286

62.19

4

126,585

63.86

Level E

144,739

73.01

 

2. By deleting the table appearing in clause 16.2(c)(i) and inserting the following:

Employed in

$ per annum

% of annual salary for Level A–1

Full clinical department in a medical school and responsible for patient care

28,914

43.9

Para-clinical department in a medical school

19,298

29.3

Pre-clinical department in a medical school

14,490

22.0

 

3. By deleting the amount “$14,000” appearing in clause 16.2(d) and inserting “$14,490”.

 

4. By deleting the table appearing in clause 16.4(a) and inserting the following:

 

Casual hourly rate (including casual loading)

 

$

Lecturing

 

Basic lecture (1 hour of delivery and 2 hours associated working time)

166.10

Developed lecture (1 hour of delivery and 3 hours associated working time)

221.51

Specialised lecture (1 hour of delivery and 4 hours associated working time)

276.86

Repeat lecture (1 hour of delivery and 1 hour associated working time)

110.71

Tutoring

 

Tutorial (1 hour of delivery and 2 hours associated working time)

129.60

Repeat tutorial (1 hour of delivery and 1 hour associated working time)

86.38

Tutorial (1 hour of delivery and 2 hours associated working time) (where academic holds a relevant doctoral qualification)

147.10

Repeat tutorial (1 hour of delivery and 1 hour associated working time) (where academic holds a relevant doctoral qualification)

98.01

Musical accompanying

 

Musical accompanying (1 hour of delivery and 1 hour preparation time)

86.38

Musical accompanying (1 hour of delivery and 1 hour preparation time) (where academic holds a relevant doctoral qualification)

98.01

Undergraduate clinical nurse education

 

Little preparation required (1 hour of delivery and 0.5 hours associated working time)

64.80

Normal preparation time (1 hour of delivery and 1 hour associated working time)

86.38

Little preparation required (1 hour of delivery and 0.5 hours associated working time) (where academic holds a relevant doctoral qualification)

73.54

Normal preparation time (1 hour of delivery and 1 hour associated working time) (where academic holds a relevant doctoral qualification)

98.01

Marking rate

 

Standard marking

43.17

Standard marking (where academic holds a relevant doctoral qualification)

49.03

Marking as a supervising examiner, or marking requiring a significant exercise of academic judgment appropriate to an academic at level B status

55.36

Other required academic activity

 

If academic does not hold a relevant doctoral qualification or perform full subject coordination duties

43.17

If academic holds a relevant doctoral qualification or performs full subject coordination duties

49.03

 

5. By deleting the table appearing in clause B.1.1 and inserting the following:

 

Minimum hourly rate

Teaching and research academics

Medically qualified

Dentally qualified

Full clinical department in a medical school and responsible for patient care*

Para-clinical department in a medical school

Pre-clinical department in a medical school

Medical school or dental school in the teaching of medical or dental students

Hourly rate based on:

Annual salary + 43.9% of the annual salary for Level A-1

Annual salary + 29.3% of the annual salary for Level A-1

Annual salary + 22% of the annual salary for Level A-1

Annual salary + 22% of the annual salary for Level A-1

 

$

$

$

$

$

Level A

 

 

 

 

 

1

33.23

–

–

–

–

2

34.56

–

–

–

–

3

35.89

–

–

–

–

4

37.14

–

–

–

–

5

38.13

–

–

–

–

6*

39.22

–

–

–

–

7

40.30

–

–

–

–

8

41.38

–

–

–

–

Level B

 

 

 

 

 

1

43.04

57.63

52.78

50.35

50.35

2

44.29

58.88

54.03

51.60

51.60

3

45.54

60.13

55.28

52.85

52.85

4

46.79

61.38

56.53

54.10

54.10

5

48.04

62.63

57.77

55.35

55.35

6

49.29

63.88

59.02

56.60

56.60

Level C

 

 

 

 

 

1

50.54

65.12

60.27

57.85

57.85

2

51.79

66.37

61.52

59.10

59.10

3

53.03

67.62

62.77

60.34

60.34

4

54.28

68.87

64.02

61.59

61.59

5

55.53

70.12

65.27

62.84

62.84

6

56.78

71.37

66.52

64.09

64.09

Level D

 

 

 

 

 

1

58.86

73.45

68.60

66.17

66.17

2

60.53

75.11

70.26

67.84

67.84

3

62.19

76.78

71.93

69.50

69.50

4

63.86

78.44

73.59

71.17

71.17

Level E

73.01

87.60

82.75

80.32

80.32

 

B. This determination comes into operation on 1 July 2025. In accordance with s 286(5) of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) this determination does not take effect in relation to a particular employee until the start of the employee’s first full pay period that starts on or after 1 July 2025.

 

 

 

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PRESIDENT

 

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Title: PR786544 - Variation - 19 Jun 2025
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