In this fortnight’s edition of the KHQ Workplace Watch, we will cover:

• updates from the Fair Work Commission, including the outcome of the Annual Wage Review, the application
  to vary the General Retail Industry Award 2020, Menulog discontinuing its application for a new modern award
  for the food delivery service industry, and its new processes for dealing with unfair dismissal and general
  protections applications;
• Safe Work Australia’s guide to the regulation of airborne contaminants the latest law reform updates;
• New Bills in NSW Parliament dealing with workers’ compensation, work health and safety and other reforms to
  the Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW); and
• the latest case updates, including the Full Bench awarding back pay to former employees in a workplace
  determination and an alleged whistleblower contravention in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.

FAIR WORK COMMISSION UPDATES

Annual Wage Review 2025 published

The Fair Work Commission has published its Annual Wage Review for the 2025-26 financial year. The national
minimum wage and all modern award minimum wage rates will increase by 3.5% from 1 July 2025.

The new national minimum wage will now be $24.95 per hour or $948 per week.

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