2012 National Minimum Wage in Australia
Australia National Minimum Wage for the year 2012. Get current minimum wage for adult workers, workers with disability, junior workers, aprrentice and trainees.
Note: Minimum Wages with effect from July 2012 till Date (2013)
| Item | Amount in Australian Dollars (A$) or in percentage (%) |
| National minimum wage | 15.96 A$/hour or 606.40 per week |
| Casual loading | 23% |
| Special national minimum wage 1: applies to disable adults where disability DOES NOT affect productivity | $606.40 per week (before tax), or $15.96 per hour. |
| Special national minimum wage 2: applies to disable adults where disability DOES affect productivity | They get a percentage of Special National Minimum Wage. 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). |
| Special national minimum wage 3: applies to junior employee | The minimum wage is a % of the national minimum wage and it reflects age as follows:: |
| <16 years: 36.8% | |
| 16 years: 47.3% | |
| 17 years: 57.8% | |
| 18 years: 68.3% | |
| 19 years: 82.5% | |
| 20 years: 97.7% | |
| Special national minimum wage 4: applies to an apprentice | An apprentice must be paid a minimum of the following percentage of the standard rate of $ 15.96 per hour or $606.40 per week |
| 1st year: 55% | |
| 2nd year: 65% | |
| 3rd year: 80% | |
| 4th year: 95% | |
| Special national minimum wage 5: applies to a trainee who is not an apprentice | Minimum wage varies with years of schooling. Currently it varies from A$ 272.40 – A$535.20 per week. The minimum wage for a trainee is set in schedule E of the Miscellaneous Awards 2010. |
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