Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025)

Australia (national system employers)

vFair Work Commission consolidated award incorporating all amendments up to and including 1 July 2026 (PR799280, PR799306 and PR799463); read 30 September 2026

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The modern award setting minimum employment conditions for electrical, electronic and communications contracting in Australia: coverage, employment types, apprentices, classifications, ordinary hours and rostered days off, minimum rates, allowances (tools, travel, fares, distant work, licences), overtime, shiftwork, leave, consultation, disputes, termination and redundancy. Rates are named, not quoted: the figures change every 1 July.

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Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) is a compliance framework from Australia (national system employers) with 9 domains and 119 controls. The largest domains are Part 4: Wages and Allowances – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) (33 controls), Part 3: Hours of Work – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) (26 controls), Part 2: Types of Employment – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) (20 controls). Every control below carries what it requires and what an assessor expects to see.

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Framework Domains (9)

Part 1: Application and Operation of this Award – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025)

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Controls in the Part 1: Application and Operation of this Award – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) domain of Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) — 3 controls
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australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::3.3	3.3 Make the award and the NES available to all employees	Every employee to whom the award and the NES apply must be able to see copies of both. The employer meets this either by...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::5	Clause 5: make and keep individual flexibility arrangements correctly	An employer and one employee may agree to vary how the award applies to when work is done, overtime rates, penalty rates...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::7	Clause 7: use facilitative provisions only with the agreement the clause requires	Some award standards may be departed from by agreement, either with an individual employee or with most of the employees...

Part 2: Types of Employment – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025)

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Controls in the Part 2: Types of Employment – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) domain of Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) — 20 controls
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australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::10.4	10.1 to 10.4 Part-time employees: constant hours, pro rata entitlements and hours set at engagement	A part-time employee works a constant number of hours that is below 38 a week. The employer must pay them at least the o...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::10.5	10.5 Pay part-time employees for public holidays on their normal days	If a part-time employee's normal hours fall on a public holiday and they do not work, they must not lose pay for that da...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::10.6	10.6 Do not require part-timers to work beyond their advised hours except in urgent cases, and pay overtime	The employer may require a part-time employee to work outside the hours advised to them at engagement (10.4) only where...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::11.2	11.1 to 11.4 Pay casual employees the 25% loading, overtime and shift allowances	A casual employee's ordinary hours are the smaller of an average of 38 a week or the hours the employer requires. For ev...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::11.6	11.6 Engage and pay casuals for at least 2 consecutive hours each time	Each time a casual employee is required to attend for work, the employer must engage them for, and pay them for, a minim...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::12.1	12.1 Engage apprentices only in declared trades and do not employ unapprenticed juniors	The award applies to apprentices except where it says otherwise or special provisions apply. Apprentices may be taken on...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::12.10	12.10 Apply the 4-year apprenticeship term and count approved credits for wage progression	Subject to the lost time rule in clause 12.15, an apprenticeship lasts 4 years. The apprenticeship authority may approve...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::12.11	12.11 Do not require under-18 apprentices to work overtime or shiftwork, and protect training attendance	An apprentice under 18 may work overtime or shiftwork only if they want to; the employer cannot require it. For any appr...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::12.12	12.12 Never pay an apprentice by results	An apprentice must not work under any system of payment by results, such as piecework or per-job payment. Pay must inste...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::12.13	12.13 Give a substitute day off when an apprentice attends college on a rostered day off	Where an apprentice works under a work cycle arranged under clause 13.4 and attends technical college on their rostered...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::12.14	12.14 Do not employ minors in declared apprenticeship trades except as probationary apprentices	Minors may not be employed in a trade within the award's classifications where the State apprenticeship authority has pr...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::12.15	12.15 Extend the apprenticeship for lost time, crediting extra hours worked	If an apprentice serves fewer than the award's ordinary working days, or is unlawfully absent, the apprenticeship is ext...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::12.2	12.2 Engage apprentices under an approved training agreement in the listed trades	Where a State has apprentice legislation, that law operates unless it conflicts with the award, in which case the award...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::12.3	12.3 Provide or give access to trade training without loss of pay	A person can undertake trade training only if they are party to an apprenticeship contract or training agreement that me...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::12.4	12.4 Count training and assessment time as time worked	Any time an apprentice spends attending training or assessment that is specified in, or connected with, the training con...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::12.5	12.5 Pay excess reasonable travel costs for block release training needing an overnight stay	Where an apprentice must attend block release training linked to the training contract and it requires staying overnight...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::12.6	12.6 Cancel or suspend an apprenticeship only as the contract and State law allow	An employer may cancel or suspend an apprenticeship only in the way the apprenticeship contract or training agreement pe...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::12.7	12.7 Keep an apprentice's probation to the contract term and no more than 3 months	The probationary period for an apprentice is the one fixed by the apprentice's training agreement or apprenticeship cont...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::12.8	12.8 Reimburse apprentice training fees and prescribed textbooks on time	Unless the apprentice's progress is unsatisfactory, the employer must reimburse an apprentice attending a technical coll...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::12.9	12.9 Apply all award conditions to apprentices and cap their ordinary hours at the tradesperson's	Other than where clause 12 or another provision says otherwise, every condition of employment in the award applies to ap...

Part 3: Hours of Work – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025)

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Controls in the Part 3: Hours of Work – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) domain of Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) — 26 controls
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australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::13.10	13.10 Continuous shiftwork: 38-hour average, shift length, one shift in 24 hours, paid crib	For continuous shiftworkers, ordinary hours average 38 a week including crib time and may not exceed 152 in 28 consecuti...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::13.11	13.11 Non-continuous shiftwork: cycle, shift length, continuous hours and crib timing	For shiftworkers not on continuous work, ordinary hours average 38 a week over one of these cycles: 38 hours in up to 7...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::13.12	13.12 Specify start and finish times of ordinary hours on every shift roster	Every shift roster must show the start and finish times of the ordinary hours of each shift. This applies to continuous...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::13.13	13.13 Pay afternoon, night, non-successive and permanent night shift loadings	An employee on an afternoon or night shift is paid 115% of their ordinary hourly rate for that shift. Where afternoon or...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::13.14	13.14 Pay shiftworkers the Saturday rate	For work done between midnight Friday and midnight Saturday, permanent shiftworkers must get at least 150% of the ordina...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::13.15	13.15 Pay shiftworkers the Sunday and public holiday rates	Continuous shiftworkers working a rostered shift with its major portion on a Sunday or public holiday receive 200% of th...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::13.16	13.16 Pay overtime on shiftwork at the shift overtime rates	For time worked beyond or outside the ordinary hours, or on a shift that was not rostered, permanent shiftworkers on con...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::13.17	13.17 Give shiftworkers 10 consecutive hours off when changing shifts, or pay 200%	When a shiftworker goes onto shift, changes shift or goes back to day work, they must have a break of no less than 10 co...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::13.18	13.18 Pay by the clock for work spanning a daylight saving change	Where work crosses the start or end of daylight saving under State or Territory law, the employee is paid on adjusted ti...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::13.3	13.1 to 13.3 Day workers: Monday to Friday ordinary hours within the 6.00 am to 6.00 pm spread	Maximum weekly hours and flexible working requests come from the NES (13.1). Day workers' ordinary hours are worked Mond...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::13.4	13.4 Arrange day workers' 38 average ordinary hours in an approved work cycle	Day workers' ordinary hours average 38 a week and must fit one of four cycles: 38 hours in a cycle of no more than 7 con...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::13.5	13.5 Introduce 12-hour ordinary days only with majority agreement, health monitoring, rostering and supervision	Ordinary hours of up to 12 on a day may be worked only where the employer and the majority of the employees concerned ag...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::13.6	13.6 Apply time-keeping fractions to late starters and early finishers within the quarter hour limit	For time-keeping, the employer may adopt a fraction or decimal part of an hour, no larger than a quarter hour, and apply...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::13.7	13.7 Implement the 38-hour week by one of the five permitted methods	The employer may arrange ordinary hours to deliver the 38-hour week by one of these methods: fewer than 8 ordinary hours...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::13.8b	13.8(a) to (c) Give 4 weeks' notice of each rostered day off and keep it off public holidays	A rostered day off is a non-holiday weekday that the employee does not work under an average hours system. Where an empl...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::13.8d	13.8(d) Substitute rostered days off only for the permitted reasons, and pay if no substitute is granted	The employer may move a fixed or rotating RDO to another day and require work on the original day if it is needed so oth...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::13.8e	13.8(e) Accrue RDO credits correctly when averaging pay	Where ordinary hours in a week are above or below 38 and pay is averaged to avoid fluctuating wages, a credit builds up...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::13.9	13.9 Allow a paid 10-minute rest break before the meal break each day	Each day, before the usual meal break and after work begins, the employer must allow a 10-minute rest break, and that br...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::13A.3	13A Do not prevent employees exercising their right to disconnect	Clause 13A implements the s 333M right of employees to disconnect. It has applied since 26 August 2024 for employers tha...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::14.1	14.1 Give meal breaks: unpaid 30 minutes for day workers, paid 20 minutes for shiftworkers	Employees who are not shiftworkers get an unpaid meal break of 30 minutes or more after each 6 hours worked; shiftworker...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::14.2	14.2 Pay 150% for work during the meal break until a break is given	Any work in the normal meal break, and continuing until a break is given, attracts 150% of the ordinary hourly rate. The...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::14.3	14.3 Give a paid 20-minute rest break after each 4 hours of overtime	If an employee must keep working after it, they must be allowed a paid 20-minute rest break after each 4 hours of overti...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::14.4	14.4 Ensure 10 hours off between working days (8 for shiftworkers) after overtime	Wherever reasonably practicable, overtime must be arranged so a non-shiftworker gets a break of at least 10 consecutive...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::15.2	15.1 and 15.2 Confer within 60 minutes when inclement weather is raised	Inclement weather means abnormal and extreme climatic conditions that make it unreasonable or unsafe for exposed employe...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::15.3	15.3 Transfer employees away from inclement weather and provide transport where needed	Employees may be moved from a part of a site where inclement weather makes work unreasonable elsewhere on that site, or...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::15.4	15.4 Pay ordinary time lost through inclement weather	The employer must pay employees for the ordinary time they lose to inclement weather while those conditions continue. Th...

Part 4: Wages and Allowances – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025)

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Controls in the Part 4: Wages and Allowances – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) domain of Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) — 33 controls
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australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::16.2	16.1 and 16.2 Pay at least the minimum weekly and hourly rate for the employee's grade	Each employee other than an apprentice must be paid at least the minimum weekly rate (full-time) or hourly rate for thei...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::16.3	16.3 Build the all-purpose rate and use it for overtime, leave, holidays and termination pay	For employees other than apprentices, the all-purpose rate is the clause 16.2 minimum plus the industry allowance (18.3(...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::16.4a	16.4(a) Pay junior apprentices the year-of-apprenticeship percentage and their allowances	Apprentices who are not adult apprentices are paid a percentage of the grade 5 electrical worker minimum rate by year of...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::16.4b	16.4(b) Pay adult apprentices correctly and never cut an existing employee's wage	A person employed under the award by the same employer immediately before starting an adult apprenticeship, for at least...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::16.7	16.7 Pay trainees under Schedule E of the Miscellaneous Award 2020 as at 1 July 2026	Employees undertaking traineeships are paid the minimum wages and receive the conditions in Schedule E (national trainin...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::17-records	Clauses 17 and 18 notes, 5.9, 18.6(a), 20.7(h), 21.10(c), 21.11(i), E.5.2: pay records, payslips and award records	The award has no separate record-keeping clause. The notes to clauses 17 and 18 point to the Fair Work Regulations 2009,...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::17.1	17.1 and 17.2 Pay weekly (or fortnightly by agreement) and close pay periods on time	Wages, including overtime, are paid weekly, based either on the actual ordinary hours worked that week or on the average...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::17.3	17.3 to 17.5 Pay by cash, cheque or EFT, during working hours where paid in cash or cheque	Wages must be paid in cash, by cheque, or by EFT to the employee's account with a bank or other recognised financial ins...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::17.6	17.6 Pay wages by the next business day, and other amounts within 7 days, after termination	On termination, the employer must pay the wages owed for every pay period, whole or partial, through to the close of the...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::18.2	18.1 and 18.2 Pay every allowance an employee is entitled to, applying the all-purpose and special allowance rules	The employer must pay each employee the allowances they are entitled to (clause 18.1 as consolidated refers to clause 17...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::18.3a	18.3(a) Pay the all-purpose industry allowance for on-site disabilities	Employees are paid the weekly industry allowance set out in clause 18.3(a) of the current award (consolidated to 1 July...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::18.3b	18.3(b) Pay the electrician's licence allowance to licensed electrical mechanics	An electrical mechanic who holds an unrestricted licence and may be required to use it in their duties must be paid the...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::18.3c	18.3(c) Pay leading hands the allowance for the number of employees in their charge	An employee specifically appointed as a leading hand must be paid an additional weekly amount, on top of the rate of the...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::18.3d	18.3(d) Pay the nominee allowance to an electrical mechanic nominated for the contractor's licence	Where an electrical mechanic holding the relevant State electrical licence is the nominee of an electrical contractor, t...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::18.3e	18.3(e) Pay the distribution line maintenance and tree clearing allowance	Employees engaged on tree clearing or work associated with maintaining electrical distribution lines must be paid the we...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::18.3f	18.3(f) Pay the rate for ordering materials to employees left in charge of a job	In the building and construction industry, an employee left in charge of a job lasting a week or more who has to order m...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::18.3g	18.3(g) Pay the all-purpose tool allowance to grade 5 and above and to antenna and electronic servicepersons	To maintain an adequate kit of tools, the employer must pay the weekly amount set by clause 18.3(g) of the current award...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::18.4a	18.4(a) Pay the multistorey allowance to on-site employees building a multistorey building	All employees on site engaged in constructing a building that will have 5 or more storey levels when complete (counting...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::18.4b	18.4(b) Pay the towers allowance for work on structures above 15 metres	An employee working on a construction over 15 metres high that is a chimney stack, spire, silo, cooling tower, radio or...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::18.4c	18.4(c) Pay the first aid allowance to appointed first aiders	An employee trained in first aid who holds a current appropriate first aid qualification (such as a St John Ambulance or...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::18.5a	18.5(a) Supply a meal or pay the meal allowance for unnotified overtime of 2 hours or more	An employee required to work 2 or more hours of overtime without being told on the previous day or earlier must either r...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::18.5b	18.5(b) Compensate for tools lost by break-in while stored at the employer's direction	Where tools are broken into and taken while securely stored, as the employer directed, in a lock-up or in a room or buil...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::18.6a	18.6(a) Notify and record each employee's workshop or depot, and have them present at the job at start time	When employment starts, the employer must tell the employee the location of their workshop or depot, or of the employer'...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::18.6b	18.6(b) Pay the motor vehicle allowance per kilometre when employees use their own vehicle by agreement	Where an employee, by agreement, uses their own motor vehicle, the employer must pay the per-kilometre motor vehicle all...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::18.6c	18.6(c) Pay the daily travel time allowance, including on rostered days off	Every employee must be paid the daily amount set by clause 18.6(c) of the current award (consolidated to 1 July 2026, re...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::18.6d	18.6(d) Pay start or finish on job site allowances by distance, and limit depots within 50 km	When the employer requires employees to start or finish on the job site: for a site up to 50 kilometres from the registe...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::18.6e	18.6(e) and (g) Apply the depot start exception and keep travel allowances out of penalty and leave pay	If an employee must begin and end work at the employer's depot or registered office, the vehicle, travel time and start...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::18.6f	18.6(f) Pay the motor allowance when an employee uses their vehicle on the employer's business	An employee who uses their own vehicle in the employer's service at the employer's request is paid the per-kilometre mot...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::18.7a	18.7(a) Provide reasonable board and lodging on distant work or pay the living away allowance and meals	On distant work, the employer must either supply reasonable board and lodging or else pay the weekly amount fixed by cla...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::18.7b	18.7(b) Allow a monthly weekend return home from distant work and reimburse travel	Where practicable, an employee on distant work must be allowed to return home for a weekend no less than monthly, and th...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::19.2	19.1 and 19.2 Make superannuation contributions that avoid the superannuation guarantee charge	Superannuation rights and obligations come from the NES and superannuation legislation, and clause 19 adds to them. The...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::19.3	19.3 Pay authorised voluntary employee contributions within 28 days after month end	Subject to the fund's rules, an employee may authorise the employer in writing to pay a specified amount from their wage...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::19.4	19.4 Pay contributions to a fund the award permits	Unless superannuation legislation requires another fund, employer contributions and authorised employee amounts must go...

Part 5: Overtime and Penalty Rates – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025)

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Controls in the Part 5: Overtime and Penalty Rates – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) domain of Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) — 7 controls
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australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::20.1	20.1 Pay overtime at 150% for 2 hours then 200% (casuals 187.5% then 250%), each day standing alone	For all work outside ordinary hours other than on Sundays and public holidays, permanent employees receive 150% of the o...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::20.2	20.2 Require only reasonable overtime and weigh the listed factors	Subject to s 62 of the Act, the employer may require reasonable overtime at overtime rates, and an employee may refuse o...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::20.3	20.3 Pay at least 4 hours for overtime on a Saturday, Sunday, RDO or public holiday	Overtime on a Saturday, Sunday, public holiday or rostered day off attracts payment for at least 4 hours at the applicab...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::20.4	20.4 Pay Sunday work at 200% (casual 250%) and public holiday work at 250% (casual 312.5%)	Sunday work attracts 200% of the ordinary hourly rate for permanent staff and 250% for casuals; public holiday work attr...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::20.5	20.5 Pay at least 4 hours for each call-back	Each time an employee is called back to work overtime after they have left the job or the employer's premises (whether n...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::20.6	20.6 Pay the availability for duty allowance and actual time worked from home to home	An employee placed on availability duty, meaning they must be reachable by telephone at all times while receiving the al...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::20.7	20.7 Make time off instead of overtime pay only by separate written agreement and pay out untaken time	By written agreement, the parties may arrange for the employee to take time off in place of payment for particular overt...

Part 6: Leave and Public Holidays – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025)

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Controls in the Part 6: Leave and Public Holidays – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) domain of Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) — 11 controls
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australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::21.10	21.10 Allow annual leave in advance only by signed written agreement	By written agreement, an employee may take paid annual leave before it has accrued. The agreement must state how much le...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::21.11	21.11 Cash out annual leave only by separate signed agreement within the limits	Paid annual leave may be cashed out only under a written agreement, with a separate agreement each time. It must state t...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::21.2	21.1 to 21.3 Pay annual leave at the wages for ordinary hours the employee would have worked	Annual leave comes from the NES. For the NES extra week, the term shiftworker means a 7-day shiftworker regularly roster...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::21.4	21.4 Pay the 17.5% annual leave loading or the higher shift loadings	On top of annual leave pay, the employer pays a 17.5% annual leave loading for day work. For a shiftworker, where the sh...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::21.5	21.5 Direct annual leave for a Christmas and New Year shutdown only on 2 months' written notice	An employer that intends to shut down all its operations over the Christmas and New Year period and have affected employ...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::21.7	21.6 and 21.7 Deal with excessive leave accruals by conferring first, then directing leave within the limits	Accrued paid annual leave above 8 weeks (10 for a shiftworker under clause 21.1(b)) is an excessive accrual. Either part...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::21.8	21.8 Grant leave requested by an employee with an excessive accrual that meets the conditions	Where the employee's genuine attempt to agree has failed, and has had an excessive accrual for more than 6 months withou...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::21.9	21.9 Pay leave taken over an extended period in proportion	Where the employer and employee agree that paid leave be taken over a longer period, the pay for the leave is reduced in...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::22.2	22.1 and 22.2 Pay personal/carer's leave at the ordinary hourly rate for ordinary hours	The NES provides compassionate leave and personal/carer's leave. For each day of paid personal/carer's leave taken, the...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::26.1	26.1 Give public holidays under the NES and pay them at the ordinary hourly rate	Employees are entitled to public holidays under Division 10 of the NES, and a public holiday not worked is paid at the o...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::26.2	26.2 Substitute a public holiday or part-day only by agreement with the employee	By agreement between employer and employee, a different day can replace a day that would be an NES public holiday, and a...

Part 7: Workplace Delegates, Consultation and Dispute Resolution – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025)

6 controls

Controls in the Part 7: Workplace Delegates, Consultation and Dispute Resolution – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) domain of Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) — 6 controls
Code	Title	Description
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::26A.5	26A.5 and 26A.6 Allow workplace delegates to represent and communicate with eligible workers	Eligible workers who want it may have a workplace delegate represent their industrial interests, including in consultati...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::26A.7	26A.7 Give workplace delegates access to the listed workplace facilities	The employer must give a workplace delegate access to, or use of: a private, fit-for-purpose room or area that delegates...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::26A.8	26A.8 Give workplace delegates paid time for representation training	Employers other than small business employers must give a workplace delegate paid time during normal working hours of up...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::27	Clause 27: consult on major workplace change once a definite decision is made	Once the employer makes a definite decision to introduce major changes to its program, production, structure, organisati...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::28	Clause 28: consult before changing an employee's regular roster or ordinary hours	Where the employer proposes altering an employee's regular roster or ordinary hours, and that employee's hours are not i...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::29	Clause 29: resolve award and NES disputes through the staged procedure	A dispute about an award or NES matter must first be discussed between the employees involved and the relevant superviso...

Part 8: Termination of Employment and Redundancy – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025)

7 controls

Controls in the Part 8: Termination of Employment and Redundancy – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) domain of Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) — 7 controls
Code	Title	Description
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::30.1	30.1 Apply employee notice periods and deduct an amount capped at one week's wages for short notice	Notice from the employer is governed by the NES (ss 117 and 123). An employee (other than those excluded by s 123(1) and...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::30.2	30.2 Allow up to one paid day for job search after giving notice	Where the employer has given an employee notice of termination, the employee must be allowed up to one day off without l...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::31.1	31.1 and 31.2 Calculate redundancy entitlements on the all-purpose weekly rate with pro rata years	Redundancy pay comes from the NES (ss 119 to 123). Redundancy entitlements under clause 31 are calculated using the week...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::31.3	31.3 On transfer to lower-paid duties through redundancy, give notice or pay the difference	If redundancy leads to an employee being moved to new duties with a lower ordinary rate, the employer may give notice of...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::31.4	31.4 Pay redundancy benefits to an employee who leaves during the notice period	An employee given notice of termination for redundancy may end their employment during the minimum notice period under s...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::31.5	31.5 Allow a paid job search day each week of redundancy notice	After giving notice of termination for redundancy, the employer must allow the employee up to one day off without loss o...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::31.6	31.6 Set off redundancy pay fund benefits only through an Approved Worker Entitlement Fund	Where the employer terminates an employee and owes NES redundancy pay, the employer may offset against that obligation a...

Schedules – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025)

6 controls

Controls in the Schedules – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) domain of Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) — 6 controls
Code	Title	Description
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::A.1	Schedule A.1 Classify each employee at the grade matching their qualification and the skills they use	To classify or reclassify an employee, the employer must place them at the appropriate grade where they hold the qualifi...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::D.3	Schedule D.1 to D.4 Pay school-based apprentices for work and deemed off-the-job training time	A school-based apprentice undertakes an apprenticeship in a trade covered by the award under a training agreement recogn...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::D.5	Schedule D.5 to D.11 Give school-based apprentices equal training time, a term of at most 6 years and correct progression	Over the apprenticeship, a school-based apprentice must get the same amount of time for off-the-job training (structured...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::E.4	Schedule E.1 to E.4 and E.8 Pay supported wage employees the assessed percentage, never below the minimum amount	An employee who, because of a disability, cannot perform the full range of duties at the required competence for their c...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::E.5	Schedule E.5 to E.7 Have capacity assessed by an approved assessor, lodge the agreement and review it	Productive capacity must be assessed under the supported wage system by an approved assessor after consulting the employ...
australia-electrical-electronic-and-communications-contracting-award-2020-ma000025::E.9	Schedule E.9 and E.10 Make workplace adjustments and run supported wage trials within 12 weeks	An employer wishing to employ someone under the supported wage system must take reasonable steps to change the workplace...

What is Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) and who does it apply to?

Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) is a compliance framework from Australia (national system employers) with 9 domains and 119 controls. The modern award setting minimum employment conditions for electrical, electronic and communications contracting in Australia: coverage, employment types, apprentices, classifications, ordinary hours and rostered days off, minimum rates, allowances (tools, travel, fares, distant work, licences), overtime, shiftwork, leave, consultation, disputes, termination and redundancy. Rates are named, not quoted: the figures change every 1 July. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

What does Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) actually require?

Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) has 119 controls organised across 9 domains. The largest domains are Part 4: Wages and Allowances – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) (33 controls), Part 3: Hours of Work – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) (26 controls), Part 2: Types of Employment – Australia Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Award 2020 (MA000025) (20 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.

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