Note: From October 1st, 2025, we introduced new plans that better reflect how our customers use Deputy: Lite, Core, and Pro. If you're an existing customer, look out for an email with all the details you’ll need. Learn more about the new plans and what this change means for you .

This guide is your go-to for understanding how Deputy has interpreted the [MA000065] Professional Employees Award.

We've built these rules based on the weekly interpretation from Fair Work.
https://awards.fairwork.gov.au/MA000065.html

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

If you do not see a pay rule listed in the tables below, then it is not included in the Deputy Premium platform at this time. If you are interested in adding customized pay rules to your account, please consider our Enterprise plan.
Ordinary Hours - No Averaging: Some modern awards allow ordinary hours to be arranged in multiple ways, including averaging hours over several days, weeks or roster cycles. Deputy Premium does not currently accommodate these options.
Public Holidays: Customers who wish to use a Public Holiday pay rule must designate a day as a Public Holiday on the Deputy schedule.
Casual Loading: If your employee is entitled to a casual loading, you must include that in the employee's base hourly rate in order for the pay rules to function properly. Deputy does not automatically include a casual loading.
Leave Loading: If your employee is entitled to annual leave loading, you must manually add this to your employees timesheets as Deputy does not automatically include this loading.

There are 3 sectors for this award

Full Time

Pay Condition Name	Value	Trigger Condition
M-Sat Ordinary	Base hourly rate specified by customer	Triggers on a M-Sat when no other condition is met
Weekly OT	1x	Triggers after 38 hours of ordinary time is worked within a 7 day period on Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat Start of Week is defined by Location Week Start OR Agreed Hours Work Period Threshold can be modified by agreed hours total amount
M-Sat Before 6am	1.25x	Triggers on M-Sat between the hours of 12:00am and 6:00am
M-Sat After 10pm	1.25x	Triggers on M-Sat between the hours of 10:00pm and 12:00am
Sun	1.5x	Triggers on a Sunday when no other condition is met
PH	1.5x	Triggers on a public holiday (Public Holiday set via schedule)

Part Time

Pay Condition Name	Value	Trigger Condition
M-Sat Ordinary	Base hourly rate specified by customer	Triggers on a M-Sat when no other condition is met
Weekly OT	1x	Triggers after 38 hours of ordinary time is worked within a 7 day period on Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat Start of Week is defined by Location Week Start OR Agreed Hours Work Period Threshold can be modified by agreed hours total amount
M-Sat Before 6am	1.25x	Triggers on M-Sat between the hours of 12:00am and 6:00am
M-Sat After 10pm	1.25x	Triggers on M-Sat between the hours of 10:00pm and 12:00am
Sun	1.5x	Triggers on a Sunday when no other condition is met
PH	1.5x	Triggers on a public holiday (Public Holiday set via schedule)

Casual

Pay Condition Name	Value	Trigger Condition
M-Sat Ordinary	Base hourly rate specified by customer	Triggers on a M-Sat when no other condition is met
Weekly OT	1x	Triggers after 38 hours of ordinary time is worked within a 7 day period on Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat Start of Week is defined by Location Week Start OR Agreed Hours Work Period Threshold can be modified by agreed hours total amount
M-Sat Before 6am	1.2x	Triggers on M-Sat between the hours of 12:00am and 6:00am
M-Sat After 10pm	1.2x	Triggers on M-Sat between the hours of 10:00pm and 12:00am
Sun	1.4x	Triggers on a Sunday when no other condition is met
PH	1.4x	Triggers on a public holiday (Public Holiday set via schedule)
M-Sat Minimum Shift Engagement	1x	Triggers on Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri & Sat when a shift is < 2 hours in length for the value of (2- the shift length)
Sun/PH Minimum Shift Engagement	1.4x	Triggers on Sun & PH when a shift is < 2 hours in length for the value of (2- the shift length)

Allowances - Not Automated

Vehicle Allowance - Up To ATO Limit
Vehicle Allowance - Above ATO Limit

To add the allowances into the export please follow the below instructions;

Approve the timesheet and unapprove the pay.

Add in the shift loading and number of units/hours.

Approve the pay.