An agreement introducing higher pay, penalty rates and new leave entitlements for more than 6000 Officeworks employees has been approved by the Fair Work Commission.

More than 80 per cent of Officeworks staff voted on the agreement in July, with more than 97 per cent voting in favour.

“Being able to provide our team members certainty about their pay and conditions so that they can plan their work and life more effectively is so important to us,” Officeworks managing director Sarah Hunter said. 

“They supported the new agreement wholeheartedly with their vote back in July, so we are rapt with today’s result. It’s such an exciting time at Officeworks and creating more sustainability for our team will help us make bigger things happen together moving forward.”

The new agreement will award eligible team members with a two per cent wage increase for the first two years, and a three per cent increase for the last two years; higher penalty rates on weekends and evenings; two days of paid domestic and family violence leave, should they ever need it; and their choice of superannuation fund.

The agreement will remain in operation until 2023.

The initial vote came on the heels of Officeworks’ implementation of its ‘growing families’ policy in March, which offers 12 weeks of primary carers leave – double what was previously offered – and two weeks of secondary carers leave, where none was offered before. 

It also entitles primary carers to 52 weeks of superannuation contributions and long-service-leave accrual, and secondary carers to two weeks of superannuation contributions.

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