Minimum wage is an employee’s base rate of pay for ordinary hours worked. It is generally dependent on the industrial instrument that applies to their employment. For example, a modern award or registered agreement. Employers and employees cannot be paid less than their applicable minimum wage, even if they agree to it. Every year, the Fair Work Commission’s (FWC) Expert Panel reviews the minimum wages received by employees in the national workplace relations system. At the conclusion of this review, a national minimum wage order is made which will apply from the first full pay period on or after 1 July each year. Find out more information via the Fair Work Minimum Wage Fact sheet