Pharmaceutical Industry Award
Covers the manufacturing and wholesale arm of the pharmaceutical industry - manufacture / production of prescription pharmaceuticals (or both prescription and non-prescription) and wholesaling of prescription pharmaceuticals. DISTINCT from the Pharmacy Industry Award (which covers retail pharmacy). Two streams sharing the same pay scale: manufacturing / production and warehouse / distribution. Standard rate is Manufacturing / Production Worker Grade 4.
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 6 cl. 15.1(a) classifications including Grade 1 progression sub-levels (on commencement / after 3 months / after 12 months), shared across the two streams.
- Junior rates with only 4 age bands: under-17 (50%), 17 (60%), 18 (80%), 19+ at adult rate.
- Day-worker vs shiftworker distinction with different OT rules inside the span (day workers: first 2h at 1.5; shiftworkers: first 3h at 1.5).
- Allowances including first-aid, gentian violet, chlorpromazine and others scoped to pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Known limitations
No outstanding gaps at this revision - re-verify on the next Fair Work pay-guide release.
Setup & special instructions
- There are no apprentice provisions in this award. Trainees use the National Training Wage from Schedule E of MA000104 Miscellaneous Award (cl. 15.4).
- Each employee must be assigned a stream - manufacturing_production or warehouse_distribution - though both streams use the same pay scale (different role descriptors).
- Coverage excludes employers covered by Food Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing Award and Manufacturing and Associated Industries Award.
- • Pharmaceuticals
- • Pharmaceutical manufacturing
- • Pharmaceutical wholesale
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 pharmaceutical industry 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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