The Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission issued a General Order which increased the casual loading to 25% for all private sector and local government awards that previously had a casual loading below 25%. This change was effective from 26 April 2025.
Pay rates have increased for some casual employees who are covered by WA awards that did not previously require a 25% casual loading.
Key WA awards impacted by this General Order include:
- Hair and Beauty Industry (WA) Award
- Building Trades and Labourers (Construction) Award
- Building Trades and Labourers (General) Award
- Social and Community Services (WA) Interim Award
- Children's Services (Private) Award
- Contract Cleaners Award
- Transport Workers (General) Award
- Security Officers Award
- Local Government Officers Award
- Municipal Employees Award
A complete list of WA awards covered by the General Order is available below.
Pay rates in WA awards that already required a 25% loading for casual employees did not change. Key WA awards that were not impacted by the General Order are:
- Restaurant, Tearoom and Catering Workers Award
- Shop and Warehouse (Wholesale and Retail Establishments) Award
- Metal Trades (General) Award
- Clerks (Commercial, Social and Professional Services) Award.
View the WA award summaries with the new casual pay rates incorporating the 25% casual loading.
The casual loading clauses in the WA awards that are impacted by the General Order are not being directly amended at this time. The requirement to provide a 25% casual loading in the General Order overrides any award provisions that provide a lower percentage casual loading.
On 31 January 2025, the casual loading on the State Minimum Wage increased from 20% to 25% increasing the rates payable to some WA award casual employees as a result.
WA awards for which casual loading has increased to 25%
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- Aboriginal Medical Service Employees' Award
- Aerated Water and Cordial Manufacturing Industry Award 1975
- Aged and Disabled Persons Hostels Award, 1987
- Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Industry (Construction and Servicing) Award No. 10 of 1979
- Ambulance Service Employees' Award, 1969
- Animal Welfare Industry Award
- Artworkers Award
- Bag, Sack and Textile Award
- Bakers' (Country) Award No. 18 of 1977
- Bakers' (Metropolitan) Award No. 13 of 1987
- Bespoke Bootmakers' and Repairers' Award No. 4 of 1946
- Brick Manufacturing Award 1979
- Brushmakers' Award No. 30 of 1959
- Building and Engineering Trades (Nickel Mining and Processing) Award, 1968
- Building Trades (Construction) Award 1987
- Building Trades Award 1968
- Case and Box Makers' Award, 1952
- Child Care (Lady Gowrie Child Centre) Award
- Child Care (Out of School Care - Playleaders) Award
- Child Care (Subsidised Centres) Award
- Children's Services (Private) Award 2006
- Children's Services Consent Award 1984
- Cleaners and Caretakers (Car and Caravan Parks) Award 1975
- Cleaners and Caretakers Award, 1969
- Clerks' (Hotels, Motels and Clubs) Award 1979
- Contract Cleaners Award, 1986
- Crisis Assistance, Supported Housing Industry - Western Australian Interim Award 2011
- Dairy Factory Workers' Award 1982
- Deckhands (Passenger Ferries, Launches and Barges) Award
- Dental Technicians' and Attendant/Receptionists' Award, 1982
- Draughtsmen's, Tracers', Planners' and Technical Officers' Award 1979
- Dried Vine Fruits Industry Award, 1951
- Drum Reclaiming Award
- Dry Cleaning and Laundry Award 1979
- Earth Moving and Construction Award
- Egg Processing Award 1978
- Electrical Contracting Industry Award R 22 of 1978
- Electrical Trades (Security Alarms Industry) Award, 1980
- Electronics Industry Award No. A 22 of 1985
- Engine Drivers' (Building and Steel Construction) Award No. 20 of 1973
- Engine Drivers' (General) Award
- Engine Drivers' (Gold Mining) Consolidated Award, 1979
- Engine Drivers' (Nickel Mining) Award 1968
- Engine Drivers' Minerals Production (Salt) Industry Award, 1970
- Family Day Care Co-Ordinators' and Assistants' Award, 1985
- Farm Employees' Award 1985
- Food Industry (Food Manufacturing or Processing) Award
- Fruit and Produce Market Employees Award No. 50 of 1955
- Fruit Growing and Fruit Packing Industry Award
- Funeral Directors' Assistants' Award No. 18 of 1962
- Furniture Trades Industry Award
- Gate, Fence and Frames Manufacturing Award
- Hair and Beauty Industry (WA) Award
- Health Attendants Award, 1979
- Horticultural (Nursery) Industry Award No. 30 of 1980
- Hospital Salaried Officers (Dental Therapists) Award, 1980
- Industrial Spraypainting and Sandblasting Award
- Iron Ore Production & Processing (Locomotive Drivers Rio Tinto Railway) Award 2006
- Iron Ore Production & Processing (Locomotive Drivers) Award 2006
- Landscape Gardening Industry Award
- Laundry Workers' Award, 1981
- Licensed Establishments (Retail and Wholesale) Award 1979
- Local Government Officers’ (Western Australia) Award 2021
- Marine Stores Award
- Masters, Mates and Engineers Passenger Ferries Award
- Mineral Sands Industry Award 1991
- Miscellaneous Workers' (Activ Foundation) Award
- Monumental Masonry Industry Award, 1989
- Motor Vehicle (Service Station, Sales Establishments, Rust Prevention and Paint
- Protection) Industry Award No. 29 of 1980
- Municipal Employees (Western Australia) Award 2021
- Musicians' General (State) Award 1985
- Nurses' (Aboriginal Medical Services) Award No. A 23 of 1987
- Nurses (Child Care Centres) Award 1984
- Nurses' (Day Care Centres) Award
- Nurses' (Independent Schools) Award
- Optical Mechanics' Award, 1971
- Particle Board Employees' Award, 1964
- Particle Board Industry Award No. 10 of 1978
- Pastrycooks' Award No. 24 of 1981
- Performers Live Award (WA) 1993
- Pest Control Industry Award
- Photographic Industry Award, 1980
- Pipe, Tile and Pottery Manufacturing Industry Award
- Plaster, Plasterglass and Cement Workers' Award No. A 29 of 1989
- Plywood and Veneer Workers Award
- Plywood and Veneer Workers' Award, 1952
- Poultry Breeding Farm & Hatchery Workers' Award 1976
- Printing Award
- Prospector and AvonLink on Train Customer Service Officers Award
- Quadriplegic Centre Award
- Quarry Workers' Award, 1969
- Radio and Television Employees' Award
- Retail Pharmacists' Award 2004
- Rock Lobster and Prawn Processing Award 1978
- Rope and Twine Workers' Award
- Saddlers and Leatherworkers' Award
- Saw Servicing Establishments Award No. 17 of 1977
- Security Officers' Award
- Sheet Metal Workers' Award No. 10 of 1973
- Show Grounds Maintenance Worker's Award
- Soap and Allied Products Manufacturing Award
- Social and Community Services (Western Australia) Interim Award 2011
- Social Trainers and Assistant Supervisors' (Activ Foundation) Award
- Soft Furnishings Award
- Teachers' Aides' (Independent Schools) Award 1988
- Thermal Insulation Contracting Industry Award
- Timber Workers Award No. 36 of 1950
- Timber Yard Workers Award No. 11 of 1951
- Training Assistants' and Community Support Staff (Cerebral Palsy Association) Award 1987
- Transport Workers (General) Award No. 10 of 1961
- Transport Workers (Mobile Food Vendors) Award 1987
- Transport Workers' (Passenger Vehicles) Award
- Transport Workers’ (North West Passenger Vehicles) Award, 1988
- Vehicle Builders' Award 1971
- Watchmakers' and Jewellers' Award, 1970
- Western Australian Professional Engineers (General Industries) Award 2004
- Wine Industry (WA) Award 2005
- Wool, Hide and Skin Store Employees' Award No. 8 of 1966
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