How do I process the Fair Work Commission National Minimum Award Rate increases?

Select Awards/Agreements from the side navigation menu.

Select the Update Awards tab.

By default, Show is set to Current Rate < Current Fair Work Rate.

If required, change to Current Rate ≥ Current Fair Work Rate.

Select ALL or manually select the Awards you need to update in the Awards List.

To deselect all Awards, select Clear.

Select the rule you require in Apply.

Ignore is only avaliable when Current Rate ≥ Current Fair Work Rate is selected, and allows you to ignore the minimum wage increase for this Award.
Match allows you to increase the Current Rate set in the Award to match the Current Fair Work Rate.
Increase allows you to increase the Current Rate set in the Award to the Current Fair Work Rate PLUS the amount displayed in Difference.

Prior FW Rate -is $23.515789, and the Current Rate is $23.000000, the Difference being $0.515789, however the Current FW Rate is $24.868421

For both Match and Increase, the Current Rate is replaced by the Current FW Rate ($24.868421)

Prior FW Rate is $27.570000 and the Current Rate is $30.000000, the Difference being $2.430000, however the Current FW Rate is $29.160000

If Ignore is chosen, The Current Rate remains as previously set ($30.00)
If Match is chosen, the Current Rate is replaced by the Current FW Rate ($29.16)
If Increase is chosen, the Current Rate is replaced by the Current FW Rate + the Difference. ($30.00 + $2.43 = $32.43)

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