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This guide is your go-to for understanding how Deputy has interpreted the [MA000002] Clerks Private Sector Award.
We've built these rules based on the weekly interpretation from Fair Work.
http://awardviewer.fwo.gov.au/award/show/MA000002
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.
- Minimum payment for OT: Deputy does not accommodate minimum payment for overtime. You must check and apply the appropriate overtime accordingly.
-
Return to duty OT: Deputy does not accommodate for this pay rate. You must check and apply the appropriate overtime accordingly.
There are 9 sectors for this award
Full Time
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Pay Title |
Value |
Trigger Condition |
M-F Ordinary |
base hourly rate specified by customer |
|
Sat |
1.25x |
|
Sun OT |
2x |
|
M-F 12am-7am - First 2 Hours |
1.5x |
|
M-F 12am-7am - After 2 Hours |
2x |
|
M-F 7pm-12am - First 2 Hours |
1.5x |
|
M-F 7pm-12am - After 2 Hours |
2x |
|
Sat 12am-7am - First 2 Hours |
1.5x |
|
Sat 12am-7am - After 2 Hours |
2x |
|
Sat 12:30pm-12am - First 2 Hours |
1.5x |
|
Sat 12:30pm-12am - After 2 Hours |
2x |
|
M-F Daily OT - First 2 Hours |
1.5x |
|
M-F Daily OT - After 2 Hours |
2x |
|
M-Sat Weekly OT - First 2 Hours |
1.5x |
|
M-Sat Weekly OT - After 2 Hours |
2x |
|
PH |
2.5x |
|
PH Daily OT |
2.5x |
|
PH Weekly OT |
2.5x |
|
Delayed Meal Break |
2x |
|
Less Than 10 Hour Break After OT |
2x |
|
Part Time
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Pay Title |
Value |
Trigger Condition |
M-F Ordinary |
base hourly rate specified by customer |
|
Sat |
1.25x |
|
Sun OT |
2x |
|
M-F 7pm-12am - First 2 Hours |
1.5x |
|
M-F 7pm-12am - After 2 Hours |
2x |
|
M-F 12am-7am - First 2 Hours |
1.5x |
|
M-F 12am-7am - After 2 Hours |
2x |
|
Sat 12:30pm-12am - First 2 Hours |
1.5x |
|
Sat 12:30pm-12am - After 2 Hours |
2x |
|
Sat 12am-7am - First 2 Hours |
1.5x |
|
Sat 12am-7am - After 2 Hours |
2x |
|
M-Sat Daily OT - First 2 Hours |
1.5x |
|
M-Sat Daily OT - After 2 Hours |
2x |
|
M-Sat Weekly OT - First 2 Hours |
1.5x |
|
M-Sat Weekly OT - After 2 Hours |
2x |
|
PH |
2.5x |
|
PH Daily OT |
2.5x |
|
PH Weekly OT |
2.5x |
|
Delayed Meal Break |
2x |
|
Less Than 10 Hour Break After OT |
2x |
|
M-F Minimum Shift Engagement |
1x |
|
Sat Minimum Shift Engagement |
1.25x |
|
Sun Minimum Shift Engagement |
2x |
|
PH Minimum Shift Engagement |
2.5x |
|
Casual
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Pay Title |
Value |
Trigger Condition |
M-F Ordinary |
base hourly rate specified by customer |
|
Sat |
1.2x |
|
Sun OT |
1.8x |
|
M-F 7pm-12am - First 2 Hours |
1.4x |
|
M-F 7pm-12am - After 2 Hours |
1.8x |
|
M-F 12am-7am - First 2 Hours |
1.4x |
|
M-F 12am-7am - After 2 Hours |
1.8x |
|
Sat 12am-7am - First 2 Hours |
1.4x |
|
Sat 12am-7am - After 2 Hours |
1.8x |
|
Sat 12:30pm-12am - First 2 Hours |
1.4x |
|
Sat 12:30pm-12am - After 2 Hours |
1.8x |
|
M-Sat Daily OT - First 2 Hours |
1.4x |
|
M-Sat Daily OT - After 2 Hours |
1.8x |
|
M-Sat Weekly OT - First 2 Hours |
1.4x |
|
M-Sat Weekly OT - After 2 Hours |
1.8x |
|
PH |
2.2x |
|
PH Daily OT |
2.2x |
|
PH Weekly OT |
2.2x |
|
Delayed Meal Break |
1.8x |
|
M-F Minimum Shift Engagement |
1x |
|
Sat Minimum Shift Engagement |
1.2x |
|
Sun Minimum Shift Engagement |
1.8x |
|
PH Minimum Shift Engagement |
2.2x |
|
Full Time Shiftworker
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Pay Title |
Value |
Trigger Condition |
M-F Ordinary |
base hourly rate specified by customer |
|
M-F Afternoon Shift |
1.15x |
|
M-F Night Shift |
1.15x |
|
Sat |
1.5x |
|
Sun |
1.5x |
|
M-F Daily OT - First 2 Hours |
1.5x |
|
M-F Daily OT - After 2 Hours |
2x |
|
Sat-Sun & PH Daily OT |
2x |
|
M-F Weekly OT - First 3 Hours |
1.5x |
|
M-F Weekly OT - After 3 Hours |
2x |
|
Sat-Sun & PH Weekly OT |
2x |
|
PH |
1.5x |
|
Less Than 8 Hour Break After OT |
2x |
|
Part Time Shiftworker
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Pay Title |
Value |
Trigger Condition |
M-F Ordinary |
base hourly rate specified by customer |
|
M-F Afternoon Shift |
1.15x |
|
M-F Night Shift |
1.15x |
|
Sat |
1.5x |
|
Sun |
1.5x |
|
M-F Daily OT - First 2 Hours |
1.5x |
|
M-F Daily OT - After 2 Hours |
2x |
|
Sat-Sun & PH Daily OT |
2x |
|
M-F Weekly OT - First 3 Hours |
1.5x |
|
M-F Weekly OT - After 3 Hours |
2x |
|
Sat-Sun & PH Weekly OT |
2x |
|
PH |
1.5x |
|
Less Than 8 Hour Break After OT |
2x |
|
M-F Minimum Shift Engagement |
1x |
|
Sat Minimum Shift Engagement |
1.5x |
|
Sun Minimum Shift Engagement |
1.5x |
|
PH Minimum Shift Engagement |
1.5x |
|
Casual Shiftworker
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Pay Title |
Value |
Trigger Condition |
M-F Ordinary |
base hourly rate specified by customer |
|
M-F Afternoon Shift |
1.12x |
|
M-F Night Shift |
1.12x |
|
Sat |
1.4x |
|
Sun |
1.4x |
|
M-F Daily OT - First 2 Hours |
1.4x |
|
M-F Daily OT - After 2 Hours |
1.8x |
|
Sat-Sun & PH Daily OT |
1.8x |
|
M-F Weekly OT - First 3 Hours |
1.4x |
|
M-F Weekly OT - After 3 Hours |
1.8x |
|
Sat-Sun & PH Weekly OT |
1.8x |
|
PH |
1.4x |
|
M-F Minimum Shift Engagement |
1x |
|
Sat Minimum Shift Engagement |
1.4x |
|
Sun Minimum Shift Engagement |
1.4x |
|
PH Minimum Shift Engagement |
1.4x |
|
Full Time Permanent Night Shiftworker
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Pay Title |
Value |
Trigger Condition |
Night Shift |
base hourly rate specified by customer |
|
Sat |
1.154x |
|
Sun |
1.154x |
|
M-F Daily OT - First 2 Hours |
1.154x |
|
M-F Daily OT - After 2 Hours |
1.5384x |
|
Sat-Sun & PH Daily OT |
1.5384x |
|
M-F Weekly OT - First 3 Hours |
1.154x |
|
M-F Weekly OT - After 3 Hours |
1.5384x |
|
Sat-Sun & PH Weekly OT |
1.5384x |
|
PH |
1.154x |
|
Less Than 8 Hour Break After OT |
1.5384x |
|
Part Time Permanent Night Shiftworker
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Pay Title |
Value |
Trigger Condition |
Night Shift |
base hourly rate specified by customer |
|
Sat |
1.154x |
|
Sun |
1.154x |
|
M-F Daily OT - First 2 Hours |
1.154x |
|
M-F Daily OT - After 2 Hours |
1.5384x |
|
Sat-Sun & PH Daily OT |
1.5384x |
|
M-F Weekly OT - First 3 Hours |
1.154x |
|
M-F Weekly OT - After 3 Hours |
1.5384x |
|
Sat-Sun & PH Weekly OT |
1.5384x |
|
PH |
1.154x |
|
Less Than 8 Hour Break After OT |
1.5384x |
|
M-F Minimum Shift Engagement |
1 X |
|
Sat Minimum Shift Engagement |
1.154x |
|
Sun Minimum Shift Engagement |
1.154x |
|
PH Minimum Shift Engagement |
1.154x |
|
Casual Permanent Night Shiftworker
+
Pay Title |
Value |
Trigger Condition |
Night Shift |
base hourly rate specified by customer |
|
Sat |
1.129x |
|
Sun |
1.129x |
|
M-F Daily OT - First 2 Hours |
1.129x |
|
M-F Daily OT - After 2 Hours |
1.45x |
|
Sat-Sun & PH Daily OT |
1.45x |
|
M-F Weekly OT - First 3 Hours |
1.129x |
|
M-F Weekly OT - After 3 Hours |
1.45x |
|
Sat-Sun & PH Weekly OT |
1.45x |
|
PH |
1.129x |
|
M-F Minimum Shift Engagement |
1x |
|
Sat Minimum Shift Engagement |
1.129x |
|
Sun Minimum Shift Engagement |
1.129x |
|
PH Minimum Shift Engagement |
1.129x |
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Allowances - Not Automated
- CAS/PT - Laundry Allowance
- FT Laundry Allowance
- First Aid Allowance
- Higher Duties
- Meal Allowance
- Meal Allowance (Over 4 Hours Overtime)
- Vehicle Allowance - Motorcycle
- Vehicle Allowance - Car
Set your allowances
If you need to add the allowances into the export please follow the below instructions;
Approve the timesheet and 'unapprove' the pay 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.