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Section : 282 Guide to this Part
Domain : Human Resource Management
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This Part provides for FWA (constituted by the Minimum Wage Panel) to set and vary minimum wages for national system employees. For employees covered by modern awards, minimum wages are specified in the modern award. For award/agreement free employees, minimum wages are specified in the national minimum wage order. Division 2 provides for the minimum wages objective. This requires FWA to establish and maintain a safety net of fair minimum wages, taking into account certain social and economic factors. Division 3 provides for FWA (constituted by the Minimum Wage Panel) to conduct annual wage reviews. In an annual wage review, FWA may set or vary minimum wages in modern awards, and must make a national minimum wage order. Minimum wages in modern awards can also be set, or varied (in limited circumstances), under Part 2-3 (which deals with modern awards). Division 4 provides for national minimum wage orders and requires employers to comply with them. The orders set the national minimum wage, as well as special national minimum wages for junior employees, employees to whom training arrangements apply and employees with a disability. The orders also set the casual loading for award/agreement free employees.