Which agreement sets The Reject Shop pay
- Agreement
- The Reject Shop Agreement 2023
- Fair Work Commission IDs
- AG2023/4375, AE522483
- Approved
- 28 November 2023 (PR768735), operating from the first full pay period on or after 5 December 2023
- Nominal expiry
- 30 June 2026 (passed; the agreement keeps operating until replaced or terminated)
- Employer
- The Reject Shop Limited (a subsidiary of Canadian retailer Dollarama since 2025)
- Rates on this page from
- the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026
- Casual loading
- 26%
- Checked against the source
- 22 October 2026
It covers Team Members and Team Leaders in every store trading as The Reject Shop, TRS or The Reject Shop Discount Variety Store. Store Managers and Assistant Store Managers are excluded (cl 3.1), and the agreement applies to retail shops only.
Next scheduled increase: First full pay period on or after 1 July 2027. Team Member and Team Leader rates track the Retail Award: the award's Level 1 rate plus 0.5%, then 105% of that for Team Leaders (cl 19.1). So they rise with each Annual Wage Review. Before that, the award's junior phase-in flows through. From the first full pay period on or after 1 December 2026, 18- and 19-year-olds with more than 6 months' service move to 75% and 85%. At award Level 1 that is $20.86 and $23.64. Clause 19.2 applies the award percentage whenever it beats the agreement's 70% and 80%.
Award floor: Retail Award rates 2026 (how agreements work).
The agreement prints its 2023 rates and then tracks the Retail Award: Team Members get the award's Level 1 rate plus 0.5%, Team Leaders 105% of that (cl 19.1). The 2026 dollars here apply that rule to the award rate from 1 July 2026. Applying the 0.5% to the hourly rather than the weekly award figure gives weekly rates 2 to 3 cents higher ($1,062.10 and $1,115.21), with the same hourly rates. Your payslip may differ by a few cents a week.
The agreement passed its nominal expiry date on 30 June 2026. It keeps applying until it is replaced or terminated, and we found no replacement approved by the Fair Work Commission as at 22 October 2026. The SDA has been seeking to bring Store Managers and Assistant Store Managers, who are excluded from this agreement, into the next round of bargaining.
The Reject Shop Limited was bought by Canadian retailer Dollarama under a scheme of arrangement agreed in March 2025. The employer named in the agreement has not changed, and the agreement continues to bind it.
Casuals get a 26% loading rather than the award's 25%, to make up for the extra annual leave the agreement gives permanent staff (cl 19.4(c)). That makes a Team Member casual $35.22 an hour against $34.76 under the award.
The Reject Shop hourly pay rates by level (adults)
Casual = base + 26% (casual loading).
| Level | Full-time & part-time | Casual |
|---|---|---|
| Team MemberStore team member: customer service, pricing and shelf labels, registers and EFTPOS, displays and the register float (cl 21.1); the Retail Award Level 1 rate plus 0.5% | $27.95 | $35.22 |
| Team LeaderAppointed Team Member with specialised product or system knowledge who helps supervise, opens and closes the store and secures cash (cl 21.2); 105% of the Team Member rate | $29.35 | $36.98 |
Full-time hours at the Team Member rate: $55,229 a year before tax (38 hours × 52 weeks). See take-home pay on $55,000 (nearest we publish).
The Reject Shop pay rates by age (junior rates)
The agreement's junior percentages (cl 19.2) apply to the Team Member rate and reach the adult rate at 20, a year earlier than the Retail Award. Where the award's percentage is higher, the award's applies: from 1 December 2026 that lifts 18-year-olds with more than 6 months' service to 75% and 19-year-olds to 85%. The dollars below are our arithmetic from the Team Member weekly rate; casuals add the 26% loading.
| Age | % of adult | Full-time & part-time | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 16 | 45% | $12.58 | $15.85 |
| 16 | 50% | $13.97 | $17.60 |
| 17 | 60% | $16.77 | $21.13 |
| 18 | 70% | $19.56 | $24.65 |
| 19 | 80% | $22.36 | $28.17 |
| 20 and over | 100% | $27.95 | $35.22 |
Percentages are of the adult Team Member rate; the dollars are our arithmetic, rounded to the cent. Junior rates under other awards.
The Reject Shop penalty rates: evenings, weekends and public holidays
| When | Full-time & part-time | Casual |
|---|---|---|
| Monday to Friday, 7am to 6pm | Base rate | Base + 26% |
| Monday to Friday, 6pm to 11pm | Base + 25% | Base + 51% |
| Saturday, 7am to 11pm | Base + 25% | Base + 51% |
| Sunday, 9am to 11pm | Base + 50% | Base + 76% |
| Public holidayCasual penalty paid in place of the loading, minimum 3 hours (cl 25.9) | Base + 125% | Base + 151% |
- Penalties are paid on top of the ordinary hourly rate for your classification (cl 23.1). For a Team Member that is $34.94 an hour on weekday evenings after 6pm and on Saturdays, $41.93 on Sundays and $62.89 on public holidays.
- Casual figures include the casual loading, which rose to 26% from the first full pay period on or after 22 June 2026 (cl 19.4(c)). The casual penalties rose by half a point at the same time. For a Team Member that is $42.20 an hour on evenings and Saturdays, $49.19 on Sundays and $70.15 on public holidays.
- The Sunday penalty for permanent staff stepped down from 65% at commencement to 55% from July 2024 and 50% from July 2025 (cl 23.2). That is where the Retail Award's 150% Sunday rate sits.
- Penalties stand alone: if more than one applies to the same hours, only the highest is paid (cl 23.4). If you come back to work with less than 10 hours' break you are paid double until you get a 10-hour break (cl 23.5).
Overtime
| When | Full-time & part-time | Casual |
|---|---|---|
| Monday to Saturday, first 3 hours | 150% | 176% |
| Monday to Saturday, after 3 hours | 200% | 226% |
| Sunday | 200% | 226% |
| Public holiday | 250% | 276% |
How penalty rates work · overtime calculator
The public holiday rate above applies on the days each state declares. For the dates and a worked example on the busiest trading days, see Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, Australia Day and Easter, and for a store that closes over Christmas, the Christmas shutdown and annual leave guide.
What this page does not show
- Store Manager and Assistant Store Manager pay: excluded from the agreement (cl 3.1) and set by contract.
- Allowances (cl 27) as printed in 2023: meal $21.57, first aid $12.94 a week, laundry $6.25 a week or $1.25 a shift, Broken Hill $1.12 an hour. Using your own car pays $0.95 a kilometre. Each is floored at the award's current amount, which we have not re-checked for 2026.
- The one-off profit-linked payment in cl 20, which depended on the company's 2023-24 earnings.
- Shiftwork rates: the agreement applies the Retail Award's Part 6 shiftwork provisions (cl 4.11).
The Reject Shop pay questions
Related employers
Other retail employers
The award rates behind a The Reject Shop job
An enterprise agreement must leave each employee better off overall than the award, so the award minimum for the same job is the floor these rates are tested against. For the jobs most The Reject Shop team members do, the award pages are:
- Retail Manager pay rates: $31.11/hr award minimum
- Forklift Operator pay rates: $27.97/hr award minimum
- Retail Worker pay rates: $27.81/hr award minimum
Sources & References
- 1The Reject Shop Agreement 2023 (AE522483), with approval decision PR768735, Fair Work Commission
- 2General Retail Industry Award 2020 (MA000004), Level 1 from 1 July 2026, Fair Work Commission
- 3Junior rates determination PR813655 (Retail Award, 26 August 2026), Fair Work Commission
- 4Awards and agreements: The Reject Shop Agreement (listed as current), Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association
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Last verified: 22 October 2026. Our content is based on the latest information from official Australian government sources.
Anita Bell
AuthorFounder & Senior Bookkeeper
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