Nursery Award
Covers the nursery industry - propagation, planting, growing, cultivation, maintenance, sale, distribution and treating of plant material in plant nurseries, flower / turf / tree farms. Single sector, 7 grades (1A through 6, standard rate Grade 2). Apprentice rates anchored to Grade 4 (Certified Tradesperson) with year-12 split and adult-apprentice rules.
Fully built. Rates, allowances, penalties and any required apprentice / junior rates are all wired to the rate resolver and have been verified against the consolidated award text and the latest pay guide.
What's built
- All 7 cl. 15.1 grades at the July 2025 figures.
- Junior rates as proper AwardRate rows for both under-16 (50%) and 16-year-old (60%) bands following the schema enum upgrade - through to 19-year-old (90%); 20+ is adult Grade 1A.
- 4-year apprentice rates anchored to Grade 4, pre-2014 and post-2014 with year-12 split, plus adult-apprentice Year 1 (80% of Grade 4 floor) and Year 2+ (Grade 1A floor) rules.
- First-aid ($17.77/wk) and meal-OT ($17.19) at the corrected July 2025 figures.
- Higher-duties rule and pre-existing-employee continuity rules per cl. 17.2(c).
Known limitations
No outstanding gaps at this revision - re-verify on the next Fair Work pay-guide release.
Setup & special instructions
- Coverage excludes general retail (MA000004), wine (MA000090), silviculture (MA000040) and sugar (MA000087) - confirm employees aren't covered by one of those before assigning the Nursery Award.
- Adult apprentices: Year 1 floor is 80% of Grade 4, Year 2+ floor is Grade 1A - but the post-2014 cl. 17.1(b) percentage applies if higher (greater-of rule).
- • Nursery industry
- • Plant nurseries
- • Horticulture (nursery)
- • Flower / turf / tree farms
The consolidated award text is the authoritative source. Always confirm specific obligations against the award itself - Mployr's implementation status reflects what we've seeded; it does not replace legal advice.
Want to see this award running on your data?
We can demo a pay run on the nursery award using sample employees in a sandbox tenant - including any of the special-instruction steps above so you can see exactly what your team's day-to-day looks like.
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