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This guide is your go-to for understanding how Deputy has interpreted the [MA000018] Aged Care Award.
We've built these rules based on the weekly interpretation from Fair Work.
http://awardviewer.fwo.gov.au/award/show/MA000018
Refer to your award pay guide for pay rates and allowances: https://www.fairwork.gov.au/pay-and-wages/minimum-wages/pay-guides
Deputy's pay engine is super helpful, but it's not legal or payroll advice. You're still responsible for paying your staff correctly. Please review our Product Specific Terms for more information about your compliance responsibilities.
Important things to note before using this Award
- These are Deputy's default pay rules. To customise them, use the Pay Rate Builder.
- Averaging of Ordinary hours: Deputy cannot handle averaging ordinary hours over multiple periods.
- Leave Loading: Manually add annual leave loading to timesheets, as Deputy won't include this automatically.
- Higher Duties: This is done through Pay by Area.
- Part Time employees default to 38 hours a week. To customise this, use Regular Working Hours.
- Delayed Meal break - This pay rate will not apply during overtime. If an employee is in overtime and entitled to the delayed meal break penalty you will need to manually adjust their pay to include both.
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Note: if you have shift workers who work less than 38 hours per week:
- Part-time or casual shift workers may not be entitled to shift premiums unless their shift commences prior to 6:00 am or finishes subsequent to 6:00 p.m.
- Deputy’s platform is currently unable to automate this requirement and shift premiums may appear on the employee’s timesheet when they are not owed.
- You are advised to review the timesheets for such shift workers carefully, and ensure that shift premiums are accurate before processing payroll.
There are 10 sectors for this award
Full Time Day Worker
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| Pay Condition Name | Value | Trigger Condition |
| M-F Ordinary | Base hourly rate specified by customer |
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| Sat | 1.5x |
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| Sun | 1.75x |
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| M-F Daily OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-F Daily OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sat Daily OT | 2x |
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| Sun Daily OT | 2x |
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| M-F Weekly OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-F Weekly OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sat Weekly OT | 2x |
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| Sun Weekly OT | 2x |
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| M-F Delayed Meal Break - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-F Delayed Meal Break - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sat/Sun Delayed Meal Break | 2x |
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| PH Delayed Meal Break | 2.5x |
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| Less Than 8 Hour Break | 2x |
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| Less Than 10 Hour Break After OT | 2x |
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| PH | 2.5x |
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| PH Daily OT | 2.5x |
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| PH Weekly OT | 2.5x |
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| M-F Minimum Shift Engagement | 1x |
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| Sat Minimum Shift Engagement | 1.5x |
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| Sun Minimum Shift Engagement | 1.75x |
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| PH Minimum Shift Engagement | 2.5x |
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Part Time Day Worker
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| Pay Condition Name | Value | Trigger Condition |
| M-F Ordinary | Base hourly rate specified by customer |
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| Sat | 1.5x |
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| Sun | 1.75x |
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| M-Sat Daily OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-Sat Daily OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sun Daily OT | 2x |
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| M-Fri Weekly OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-Fri Weekly OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sat-Sun Weekly OT | 2x |
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| M-Fri Delayed Meal Break - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-Fri Delayed Meal Break - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sat-Sun Delayed Meal Break | 2x |
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| PH Delayed Meal Break | 2.5x |
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| Less Than 8 Hour Break | 2x |
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| Less Than 10 Hour Break After OT | 2x |
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| Broken Shift | 2x |
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| PH | 2.5x |
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| PH Daily OT | 2.5x |
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| PH Weekly OT | 2.5x |
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| M-F Minimum Shift Engagement | 1x |
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| Sat Minimum Shift Engagement | 1.5x |
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| Sun Minimum Shift Engagement | 1.75x |
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| PH Minimum Shift Engagement | 2.5x |
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Casual Day Worker
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| Pay Condition Name | Value | Trigger Condition |
| M-F Ordinary | Base hourly rate specified by customer |
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| Sat | 1.4x |
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| Sun | 1.6x |
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| M-Sat Daily OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-Sat Daily OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sun Daily OT | 2x |
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| M-Fri Weekly OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-Fri Weekly OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sat-Sun Weekly OT | 2x |
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| M-Fri Delayed Meal Break - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-Fri Delayed Meal Break - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sat-Sun Delayed Meal Break | 2x |
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| PH Delayed Meal Break | 2.5x |
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| Less Than 8 Hour Break | 1.8x |
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| Broken Shift | 1.8x |
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| PH | 2.2x |
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| PH Daily OT | 2.5x |
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| PH Weekly OT | 2.5x |
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| M-F Minimum Shift Engagement | 1x |
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| Sat Minimum Shift Engagement | 1.4x |
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| Sun Minimum Shift Engagement | 1.6x |
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| PH Minimum Shift Engagement | 2.2x |
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Full Time Apprentice Day Worker
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| Pay Condition Name | Value | Trigger Condition |
| M-F Ordinary | Base hourly rate specified by customer |
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| Sat | 1.5x |
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| Sun | 1.75x |
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| M-F Daily OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-F Daily OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sat Daily OT | 2x |
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| Sun Daily OT | 2x |
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| M-F Weekly OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-F Weekly OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sat Weekly OT | 2x |
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| Sun Weekly OT | 2x |
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| M-F Delayed Meal Break - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-F Delayed Meal Break - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sat/Sun Delayed Meal Break | 2x |
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| PH Delayed Meal Break | 2.5x |
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| Less Than 8 Hour Break After Sleepover | 2x |
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| Less Than 10 Hour Break After OT | 2x |
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| PH | 2.5x |
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| PH Daily OT | 2.5x |
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| PH Weekly OT | 2.5x |
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| M-F Minimum Shift Engagement | 1x |
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| Sat Minimum Shift Engagement | 1.5x |
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| Sun Minimum Shift Engagement | 1.75x |
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| PH Minimum Shift Engagement | 2.5x |
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Part Time Apprentice Day Worker
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| Pay Condition Name | Value | Trigger Condition |
| M-F Ordinary | Base hourly rate specified by customer |
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| Sat | 1.5x |
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| Sun | 1.75x |
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| M-Sat Daily OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-Sat Daily OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sun Daily OT | 2x |
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| M-Fri Weekly OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-Fri Weekly OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sat-Sun Weekly OT | 2x |
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| M-Sat Delayed Meal Break - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-Sat Delayed Meal Break - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sun Delayed Meal Break | 2x |
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| PH Delayed Meal Break | 2.5x |
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| Less Than 8 Hour Break | 2x |
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| Less Than 10 Hour Break After OT | 2x |
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| Broken Shift | 2x |
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| PH | 2.5x |
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| PH Daily OT | 2.5x |
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| PH Weekly OT | 2.5x |
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| M-F Minimum Shift Engagement | 1x |
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| Sat Minimum Shift Engagement | 1.5x |
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| Sun Minimum Shift Engagement | 1.75x |
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| PH Minimum Shift Engagement | 2.5x |
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Full Time Shiftworker
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| Pay Condition Name | Value | Trigger Condition |
| M-F Ordinary | Base hourly rate specified by customer |
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| Afternoon Shift 10am-1pm | 1.1x |
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| Afternoon shift 1pm-4pm | 1.125x |
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| Night Shift 4pm-4am | 1.15x |
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| Night Shift 4am-6am | 1.1x |
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| Sat | 1.5x |
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| Sun | 1.75x |
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| M-F Daily OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-F Daily OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sat Daily OT | 2x |
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| Sun Daily OT | 2x |
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| M-F Weekly OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-F Weekly OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sat Weekly OT | 2x |
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| Sun Weekly OT | 2x |
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| M-F Delayed Meal Break - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-F Delayed Meal Break - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sat/Sun Delayed Meal Break | 2x |
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| PH Delayed Meal Break | 2.5x |
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| Less Than 8 Hour Break | 2x |
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| Less Than 10 Hour Break After OT | 2x |
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| PH | 2.5x |
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| PH Daily OT | 2.5x |
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| PH Weekly OT | 2.5x |
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| M-F Minimum Shift Engagement | 1x |
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| Sat Minimum Shift Engagement | 1.5x |
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| Sun Minimum Shift Engagement | 1.75x |
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| PH Minimum Shift Engagement | 2.5x |
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Part Time Shiftworker
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| Pay Condition Name | Value | Trigger Condition |
| M-F Ordinary | Base hourly rate specified by customer |
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| Afternoon Shift 10am-1pm | 1.1x |
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| Afternoon shift 1pm-4pm | 1.125x |
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| Night Shift 4pm-4am | 1.15x |
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| Night Shift 4am-6am | 1.1x |
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| Sat | 1.5x |
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| Sun | 1.75x |
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| M-Sat Daily OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-Sat Daily OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sun Daily OT | 2x |
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| M-F Weekly OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-F Weekly OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sat Weekly OT | 2x |
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| Sun Weekly OT | 2x |
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| M-F Delayed Meal Break - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-F Delayed Meal Break - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sat/Sun Delayed Meal Break | 2x |
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| PH Delayed Meal Break | 2.5x |
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| Less Than 8 Hour Break | 2x |
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| Less Than 10 Hour Break After OT | 2x |
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| Broken Shift | 2x |
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| PH | 2.5x |
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| PH Daily OT | 2.5x |
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| PH Weekly OT | 2.5x |
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| M-F Minimum Shift Engagement | 1x |
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| Sat Minimum Shift Engagement | 1.5x |
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| Sun Minimum Shift Engagement | 1.75x |
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| PH Minimum Shift Engagement | 2.5x |
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Casual Shiftworker
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| Pay Condition Name | Value | Trigger Condition |
| M-F Ordinary | Base hourly rate specified by customer |
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| Afternoon Shift 10am-1pm | 1.08x |
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| Afternoon shift 1pm-4pm | 1.1x |
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| Night Shift 4pm-4am | 1.12x |
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| Night Shift 4am-6am | 1.08x |
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| Sat | 1.4x |
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| Sun | 1.6x |
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| M-Sat Daily OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-Sat Daily OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sun Daily OT | 2x |
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| M-F Weekly OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-F Weekly OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sat Weekly OT | 2x |
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| Sun Weekly OT | 2x |
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| M-F Delayed Meal Break - First 2 Hours | 1.4x |
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| M-F Delayed Meal Break - After 2 Hours | 1.8x |
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| Sat/Sun Delayed Meal Break | 1.8x |
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| PH Delayed Meal Break | 2.2x |
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| Less Than 8 Hour Break | 1.8x |
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| Broken Shift | 1.8x |
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| PH | 2.2x |
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| PH Daily OT | 2.5x |
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| PH Weekly OT | 2.5x |
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| M-F Minimum Shift Engagement | 1x |
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| Sat Minimum Shift Engagement | 1.4x |
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| Sun Minimum Shift Engagement | 1.6x |
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| PH Minimum Shift Engagement | 2.2x |
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Full Time Apprentice Shiftworker
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| Pay Condition Name | Value | Trigger Condition |
| M-F Ordinary | Base hourly rate specified by customer |
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| Afternoon Shift 10am-1pm | 1.1x |
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| Afternoon shift 1pm-4pm | 1.125x |
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| Night Shift 4pm-4am | 1.15x |
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| Night Shift 4am-6am | 1.1x |
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| Sat | 1.5x |
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| Sun | 1.75x |
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| M-F Daily OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-F Daily OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sat Daily OT | 2x |
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| Sun Daily OT | 2x |
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| M-F Weekly OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-F Weekly OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sat Weekly OT | 2x |
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| Sun Weekly OT | 2x |
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| M-F Delayed Meal Break - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-F Delayed Meal Break - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sat/Sun Delayed Meal Break | 2x |
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| PH Delayed Meal Break | 2.5x |
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| Less Than 8 Hour Break | 2x |
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| Less Than 10 Hour Break After OT | 2x |
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| PH | 2.5x |
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| PH Daily OT | 2.5x |
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| PH Weekly OT | 2.5x |
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| M-F Minimum Shift Engagement | 1x |
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| Sat Minimum Shift Engagement | 1.5x |
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| Sun Minimum Shift Engagement | 1.75x |
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| PH Minimum Shift Engagement | 2.5x |
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Part Time Apprentice Shiftworker
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| Pay Condition Name | Value | Trigger Condition |
| M-F Ordinary | Base hourly rate specified by customer |
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| Afternoon Shift 10am-1pm | 1.1x |
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| Afternoon shift 1pm-4pm | 1.125x |
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| Night Shift 4pm-4am | 1.15x |
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| Night Shift 4am-6am | 1.1x |
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| Sat | 1.5x |
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| Sun | 1.75x |
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| M-Sat Daily OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-Sat Daily OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sun Daily OT | 2x |
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| M-F Weekly OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-F Weekly OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sat Weekly OT | 2x |
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| Sun Weekly OT | 2x |
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| M-F Delayed Meal Break - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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| M-F Delayed Meal Break - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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| Sat/Sun Delayed Meal Break | 2x |
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| PH Delayed Meal Break | 2.5x |
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| Less Than 8 Hour Break | 2x |
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| Less Than 10 Hour Break After OT | 2x |
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| Broken Shift | 2x |
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| PH | 2.5x |
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| PH Daily OT | 2.5x |
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| PH Weekly OT | 2.5x |
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| M-F Minimum Shift Engagement | 1x |
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| Sat Minimum Shift Engagement | 1.5x |
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| Sun Minimum Shift Engagement | 1.75x |
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| PH Minimum Shift Engagement | 2.5x |
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Allowances - Not Automated
- Higher Duties
- Laundry Allowance
- Leading Hand Allowance - 2-5 Employees
- Leading Hand Allowance - 6-10 Employees
- Leading Hand Allowance - 11-15 Employees
- Leading Hand Allowance - 16+ Employees
- Meal Allowance
- Meal Allowance Extra Meal
- Nauseous Work Allowance
- Sleepover Allowance
- Tool Allowance - Cooks & Chefs
- Uniform Allowance
- Vehicle Allowance
Set your allowances
If you need to add the allowances into the export please follow the below instructions;
Approve the timesheet, then 'unapprove' the pay item as per the picture below:
Add in the shift loading and number of units/hours.
Approve the pay.
Note: You can automate allowances in Pay Rate Builder.