Mondelez Pay Rates 2026: Production, Trades & Shift Pay
What Mondelez workers should be paid in 2026 — the Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing Award floor by classification, casual loading, penalties, and where the Mondelez enterprise agreements sit.
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Who covers Mondelez (Cadbury) workers — award or agreement?
Mondelez manufactures Cadbury chocolate and other confectionery in Australia, including production at its well-known Tasmanian factory, alongside other Mondelez-owned snack and confectionery lines. Its workforce is close to gender-balanced for a manufacturing employer and covers production and packaging operators, maintenance trades, and quality and distribution roles.
The Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing Award 2020 (Levels 1–6) is the floor for confectionery factory roles. Mondelez has registered a number of site-specific enterprise agreements — listed below where our corpus holds them — and any agreement covering a Cadbury or Mondelez site must leave employees better off overall than the award.
The federal awards relevant to Mondelez (Cadbury) roles:
- Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing Award 2020 (MA000073)
Workforce snapshot. In its 2024-25 report to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Mondelez Australia Holdings Pty Limited declared 2,046 employees — 10.9% casual and 44.1% women. Source: WGEA 2025 Public Data File, data.gov.au (CC-BY 3.0 AU).
Food and beverage manufacturing award floor (1 July 2026)
Production, packing and plant staff sit on the Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing Award 2020 (MA000073). The adult minimums are:
| Classification | Permanent | Casual (incl. 25%) |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | $25.74/hr | $32.17/hr |
| Level 2 | $26.44/hr | $33.05/hr |
| Level 3 | $27.08/hr | $33.85/hr |
| Level 4 | $27.97/hr | $34.96/hr |
| Level 5 | $29.45/hr | $36.81/hr |
| Level 6 | $30.38/hr | $37.98/hr |
Levels rise with the skills and qualifications the job requires, from Level 1 (entry, first three months) through production and trade-qualified roles. Shift, overtime and weekend loadings apply on top; plant agreements restructure these and sit above the ladder.
Source: Fair Work Commission modern awards pay database, current-operative rates (1 July 2026 annual wage review). Casual figures add the 25% casual loading.
The Mondelez (Cadbury) enterprise agreements
Enterprise agreements set rates above the award, with their own classification structures and allowances. Current Mondelez (Cadbury) agreements in our corpus (10 in total):
- Mondelez Australia Pty Ltd Ringwood & Scoresby Confectioners Agreement 2026 — approved September 2026, nominal expiry 9 September 2029.
- Mondelez Australia Pty Ltd and AMWU, Fitters and Engineering Stores Victoria Confectionery Operations Enterprise Agreement 2025 — approved August 2025, nominal expiry 31 August 2028.
- Mondelez Australia Suttontown Maintenance Enterprise Agreement 2025 — approved November 2025, nominal expiry 30 June 2028.
- Mondelez Australia Pty Ltd, North West Operations Enterprise Agreement 2025 — approved March 2025, nominal expiry 1 March 2028.
- Mondelez Australia Pty Ltd Ringwood Powerhouse Enterprise Agreement 2025 — approved February 2025, nominal expiry 31 December 2027.
- Mondelez Australia (Foods) Suttontown Production Agreement 2024 — approved October 2024, nominal expiry 31 August 2027.
- Mondelez Australia Pty Ltd Truganina Enterprise Agreement 2024 — approved March 2024, nominal expiry 30 June 2027.
- The Mondelez Australia Pty Ltd Ringwood/Scoresby Factory Stores Enterprise Agreement 2023 — approved December 2023, nominal expiry 31 October 2026.
Plus 2 more — search "Mondelez (Cadbury)" in our agreements database.
We don't reproduce agreement dollar figures here — the agreement covering your site, state and stream is the document to read. Find your agreement, then your classification, then your pay point, and compare it with your payslip. The award tables on this page are the floor every one of these agreements must beat.
Common food manufacturing pay issues at Mondelez (Cadbury)
The patterns worth checking on a Mondelez (Cadbury) payslip:
- Wrong C-level for the skills and qualifications actually used.
- Shift and overtime loadings absorbed into flat rates.
- Unpaid pre-start, PPE and handover time.
- Labour-hire pay gaps against directly employed staff doing the same job.
What to do if your pay looks wrong
Match your payslip to your classification in the agreement (or the award tables above), and price any gap with our back-pay calculator. Raise it in writing with payroll or your manager first — most underpayments are fixed at that step. Unresolved, the Fair Work Ombudsman (13 13 94) recovers underpayments at no cost, up to six years back, and your union can run the claim for you. Not sure which instrument covers you? Ask our AI advisor with your role and location.
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