This guide will outline and interpret the [MA000034] Nurses Award. We have built these awards in line with the weekly interpretation as provided by Fair Work. The Nurses Award can be found here: http://awardviewer.fwo.gov.au/award/show/MA000034
Refer to the allowances section of your awards pay guide here: https://www.fairwork.gov.au/pay-and-wages/minimum-wages/pay-guides
While Deputy’s Pay Rule Engine, including this award, is designed to Simplify Shift Work by reducing the time required to apply the relevant Legal Requirements through automation, it is not a substitute for payroll or legal advice, nor is it intended to relieve you of your obligation to comply with the Legal Requirements applicable to your business. It is ultimately each customer’s sole responsibility to pay its employees correctly and in compliance with all Legal Requirements. Please review our Product Specific Terms for more information about your compliance responsibilities.
Nurses Award Interpretation
Dayworker
- Full Time - Others
- Part Time - Others
- Casual - Others (All casuals must be paid for a minimum of 2 hours)
Shiftworker
Registered Nurses Levels 4 & 5
Shiftworker - Registered Nurses Levels 4 & 5
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Penalty Rates in Full Hour Increments Only: Deputy does not pro-rate penalty rates for partial hours worked. Penalty rates are applied to timesheets in full hour increments only.
- Public Holidays: Customers who wish to use a Public Holiday pay rule must designate a day as a Public Holiday on the Deputy schedule.
- Public Holidays (working outside the span of hours) : If you have employees that have worked outside the span of hours on a Public Holiday you will need to check their timesheets and manually apply the overtime rate. Deputy does not currently accommodate this option
- 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.
Day Worker - Others - Full Time
Automated Pay Conditions
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-Sat Weekly OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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M-Sat Weekly OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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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 10 Hour Break | 2x |
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PH | 2x |
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PH Daily OT | 2.5x |
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PH Weekly OT | 2.5x |
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Xmas Sat | 2x |
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Xmas Sun | 2.25x |
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Day Worker - Others - Part Time
Automated Pay Conditions
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-Sat Weekly OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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M-Sat Weekly OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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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 10 Hour Break | 2x |
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PH | 2x |
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PH Daily OT | 2.5x |
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PH Weekly OT | 2.5x |
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Xmas Sat | 2x |
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Xmas Sun | 2.25x |
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Day Worker - Others - Casual
All casuals must be paid for a minimum of 2 hours
Automated Pay Conditions
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-Sat Weekly OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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M-Sat Weekly OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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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 | 2x |
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Less Than 10 Hour Break | 2x |
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PH | 2x |
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PH Daily OT | 2.5x |
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PH Weekly OT | 2.5x |
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Xmas Sat | 2x |
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Xmas Sun | 2.25x |
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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 | 2x |
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Shiftworker - Full Time
Automated Pay Conditions
Pay Condition Name | Value | Trigger Condition |
M-F Ordinary | Base hourly rate specified by customer |
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M-F Afternoon Shift | 1.125x |
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M-F Night Shift | 1.15x |
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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-Sat Weekly OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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M-Sat Weekly OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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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 10 Hour Break | 2x |
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PH | 2x |
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PH Daily OT | 2.5x |
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PH Weekly OT | 2.5x |
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Xmas Sat | 2x |
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Xmas Sun | 2.25x |
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Shiftworker - Part Time
Automated Pay Conditions
Pay Condition Name | Value | Trigger Condition |
M-F Ordinary | Base hourly rate specified by customer |
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M-F Afternoon Shift | 1.125x |
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M-F Night Shift | 1.15x |
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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-Sat Weekly OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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M-Sat Weekly OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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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 10 Hour Break | 2x |
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PH | 2x |
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PH Daily OT | 2.5x |
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PH Weekly OT | 2.5x |
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Xmas Sat | 2x |
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Xmas Sun | 2.25x |
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Shiftworker - Casual
All casuals must be paid for a minimum of 2 hours
Automated Pay Conditions
Pay Condition Name | Value | Trigger Condition |
M-F Ordinary | Base hourly rate specified by customer |
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M-F Afternoon Shift | 1.1x |
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M-F Night Shift | 1.12x |
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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-Sat Weekly OT - First 2 Hours | 1.5x |
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M-Sat Weekly OT - After 2 Hours | 2x |
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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 | 2x |
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Less Than 10 Hour Break | 2x |
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PH | 2x |
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PH Daily OT | 2.5x |
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PH Weekly OT | 2.5x |
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Xmas Sat | 2x |
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Xmas Sun | 2.25x |
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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 | 2x |
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Registered Nurses Levels 4 & 5 Full Time
Automated Pay Conditions
Pay Condition Name | Value | Trigger Condition |
M-F Ordinary | Base hourly rate specified by customer |
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M-F Delayed Meal Break | 1x |
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PH Delayed Meal Break | 2x |
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Less Than 10 Hour Break | 2x |
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PH | 2x |
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Xmas Sat | 2x |
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Xmas Sun | 2.25x |
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Registered Nurses Levels 4 & 5 Part Time
Automated Pay Conditions
Pay Condition Name | Value | Trigger Condition |
M-F Ordinary | Base hourly rate specified by customer |
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M-F Delayed Meal Break | 1x |
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PH Delayed Meal Break | 2x |
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Less Than 10 Hour Break | 2x |
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PH | 2x |
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Xmas Sat | 2x |
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Xmas Sun | 2.25x |
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Registered Nurses Levels 4 & 5 Casual
All casuals must be paid for a minimum of 2 hours
Automated Pay Conditions
Pay Condition Name | Value | Trigger Condition |
M-F Ordinary | Base hourly rate specified by customer |
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M-F Delayed Meal Break | 1x |
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PH Delayed Meal Break | 2x |
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Less Than 10 Hour Break | 2x |
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PH | 2x |
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Xmas Sat | 2x |
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Xmas Sun | 2.25x |
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M-F Minimum Shift Engagement | 1x |
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PH Minimum Shift Engagement | 2x |
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Shiftworker - Registered Nurses Levels 4 & 5 Full Time
Automated Pay Conditions
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 Delayed Meal Break | 1x |
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Sat Delayed Meal Break | 1.5x |
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Sun Delayed Meal Break | 1.75x |
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PH Delayed Meal Break | 2x |
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Less Than 10 Hour Break | 2x |
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PH | 2x |
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Xmas Sat | 2x |
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Xmas Sun | 2.25x |
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Shiftworker - Registered Nurses Levels 4 & 5 Part Time
Automated Pay Conditions
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 Delayed Meal Break | 1x |
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Sat Delayed Meal Break | 1.5x |
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Sun Delayed Meal Break | 1.75x |
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PH Delayed Meal Break | 2x |
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Less Than 10 Hour Break | 2x |
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PH | 2x |
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Xmas Sat | 2x |
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Xmas Sun | 2.25x |
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Shiftworker - Registered Nurses Levels 4 & 5 Casual
All casuals must be paid for a minimum of 2 hours
Automated Pay Conditions
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 Delayed Meal Break | 1x |
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Sat Delayed Meal Break | 1.5x |
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Sun Delayed Meal Break | 1.75x |
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PH Delayed Meal Break | 2x |
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Less Than 10 Hour Break | 2x |
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PH | 2x |
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Xmas Sat | 2x |
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Xmas Sun | 2.25x |
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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 | 2x |
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Allowances - Not Automated
- Laundry Allowance
- Meal Allowance
- Meal Allowance (4+hrs Overtime)
- On Cal Allowance - M-F
- On Call Allowance - Sat
- On Call Allowance - Sun, PH, RDO
- Uniform Allowance
- Vehicle Allowance - non delivery drivers (Up to ATO limit)
- Vehicle Allowance - non delivery drivers (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.
Conditions that have not been included
Who is affected? | What should happen? | Can this be done in Deputy? |
All Employees | If an employee works at a higher classification, pay the higher rate | This can be done in Premium through Pay by Area |
Part Time Employees | Overtime should be calculating at the employee's "Ordinary Hours" per week, rather than 38 hours | This can be done in Enterprise |
All Employees | Automated Allowances | This can be done in Enterprise |