Wages - Australian Security Industry Association Ltd (ASIAL)

Security Services Industry Award 2010 rates of pay

The Security Services Award 2010 replaces the following State and Federal Awards (Transitional Instruments):

  • Security Employees (A.C.T.) Award, 1998
  • Security Employees (Victoria) Award 1998
  • Security Industry (Contractors) Award - State 2004
  • Security Industry (New South Wales) Award 1999
  • Security Industry (Northern Territory) Award 2002
  • Security Industry (State) Award
  • Security Industry Award
  • Security Officers (Western Australia) Award 2002
  • Security Officers' Award
  • Clerks' (Control Room Operators) Award 1984

The Modern Award transitional provisions are designed to transition award employees from their previous minimum wage, to the new Modern Award rates, so that by 1 July 2014 each Fair Work employee, for each classification under each Modern Award, will have the same minimum rate of pay apply to their employment.

Determining rates of pay can be extremely complex under the new transitional provisions.
The Fair Work Ombudsman website has a number of tools to assist employers in determining the right rate of pay for employees at
www.fairwork.gov.au

Employee records and pay slips

The Fair Work Act 2009 requires that employers:
• Make and keep accurate and complete records for all of their employees (e.g. time worked and wages paid).
• Issue pay slips to each employee within one working day of pay day. These record-keeping and pay slip obligations are designed to ensure that employees receive their correct wages and entitlements.


For details of the records you need to keep for employees and the information that must be included on all pay slips, refer to the employer obligations in relation to employee records and pay slips, download the fact sheet and free template pay slips and record keeping tools from www.fairwork.gov.au

Take home pay orders
Modern awards are not intended to reduce an employee’s overall takehome pay. If applying the modern award results in an employee suffering a reduction in their overall take-home pay, they can apply to Fair Work Australia to make an order against this happening.