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The state Shop and Warehouse (Wholesale and Retail Establishments) Award has been updated by the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission (WAIRC), with the changes effective from the first full pay period on or after 5 June 2024.
The updates to the Shop and Warehouse Award will ensure the award better reflects contemporary retail trading arrangements and removes a number of outdated and obsolete provisions to improve clarity and make it easier for employers and employees to understand and comply with its provisions.
The Shop and Warehouse Award has been updated as part of a process being undertaken by the WAIRC to review various private sector WA awards.
Significant updates have been made to the working arrangements and other provisions in the Shop and Warehouse Award.
Key changes are:
Amendments have also been made to remove obsolete references and update a variety of provisions to ensure that the award reflects contemporary practices in the industry.
In addition, the Shop and Warehouse Award has been restructured into a user-friendly format, with like clauses grouped together under functional headings and clause headings hyperlinked for ease of reference.
The 2024 changes to the Shop and Warehouse (Wholesale and Retail Establishments) Award publication provides a more detailed overview of the changes to the award that are effective from the first full pay period on or after 5 June 2024.
View the Order to vary the Shop and Warehouse (Wholesale and Retails Establishments) Award issued by the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission.
The current WA award summary, available at www.demirs.wa.gov.au/awardsummaries outlines the conditions that apply until the day before the effective date.
Wageline will publish a new version of the WA award summary for the Shop and Warehouse Award, which provides information on the award provisions that will come into effect on the first full pay period on or after 5 June 2024.
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