This article provides guidelines about using the pre-built Plumbing and Fire Sprinklers Award [MA000036] Award package. For further information about this industry award, refer to Plumbing and Fire Sprinklers Award [MA000036].
Key updates
See the current financial year tab to see award updates for the 2026/27 financial year, while all previous updates before this time can be found in the historical financial years tab.
1st
We have updated the award to reflect the Fair Work Commission's National Minimum Wage increase detailed in the Annual Wage Review 2026 decision, and also includes updates to expense-related allowances. You can find more information on the Determinations here and here.
These changes come into effect from the first full pay period on or after the 1st July 2026. Please install these updates after you have finalised your last pay run before the first full pay period beginning on or after the 1st July 2026.
30th
We have introduced a new suite of configurations for Salaried Employment Agreements to allow the employers to manage the salaried employees, who are under Individual flexibility arrangements, directly within the award instead of having to remove them.
This introduction, which is an enhancement rather than a legislative update requirement, includes the items below if they do not already exist within an award:
- Pay Categories (Salary and Salary - Public Holiday Not Worked).
- Leave Allowance Templates for “No loading” and “With loading”.
- Rule Set to disregard timesheets.
- Pay Rate Templates.
- Employment Agreements for all employee types (full-time, part-time, and casual).
For detailed information on the changes, please refer to our guide here.
23rd
We have updated the award to ensure that adult trainee apprentices and adult apprentices who are paid the national minimum wage receive a weekly tool allowance, rather than an hourly allowance, in line with the latest pay guide.
- Adult trainee apprentices and adult apprentices who are paid the national minimum wage should use the “Tool Allowance” tag if they are required to use their own tools in performing their duties.
We have also removed the “21.8 Tool allowance – apprentice” rule from the Casual rule set.
9th
We have updated the base rate and Plumbing Trade Allowance for the following classification due to recent changes to the Plumbing and Fire Sprinklers Award 2020 [MA000036], as reflected in the Fair Work Pay and Conditions Tool (PACT):
- Adult Apprentice – Plumbing and Mechanical Services – 4th Year.
- Adult Trainee Apprentice - Plumbing and mechanical services - 4th yr
- Fire sprinkler fitting trade allowance - classifications below Sprinkler fitting tradesperson level 1
- Sprinkler fitters adjustment allowance - For Casual - Fire technician level 1(d) (fulfillment of requirements) and Permanent - Fire technician level 1(d) (fulfillment of requirements)
- Travel time allowance within/beyond 50km radius
- Travel time allowance when living offsite - within/beyond 50km radius
1st
We have updated the award to reflect the Fair Work Commission's National Minimum Wage increase detailed in the Annual Wage Review 2024-25 decision and also includes updates to expense-related allowances. You can find more information on the Determinations here and here.
These changes come into effect from the first full pay period on or after the 1st July 2025. Please install these updates after you have finalised your last pay run before the first full pay period beginning on or after the 1st July 2025.
Install and configure the pre-built award package
For details on how to install and configure this Pre-built Award Template, please review the detailed help article here. While every effort is made to provide a high-quality service, Employment Hero does not accept responsibility for, guarantee or warrant the accuracy, completeness or up-to-date nature of the service. Before relying on the information, users should carefully evaluate its accuracy, currency, completeness and relevance for their purposes, and should obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to their particular circumstances.
The award default Rule Set Period is set to Weekly that ends every Sunday. If you follow a different work pattern or roster period, you can review and set the rule set period date that applies to your organisation.
Conditions of pay
| Clause | Conditions | |
|---|---|---|
| Casual loading | 12.2 | An additional 25% of the hourly minimum rate |
| Ordinary hours of work | 15.2 | Monday-Friday between 7 am - 6 pm |
| Maximum hours per day | 15.2(b) | 8 hours |
| Maximum hours over a period | 15.1 | Average 38 hours per week for a 4 week work cycle |
| Overtime | 22.1(a) |
All employees
Saturday:
Overtime rates for casual employees have been calculated by adding the casual loading. |
| RDO |
15.2(b) 15.5(iv) |
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| TIL | 22.6(d) | 1:1 TIL accrual per hour worked |
| Daily hire employees | 9 |
Plumbing and mechanical services classifications only
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| Clause | Conditions | |
|---|---|---|
| Shiftwork |
2 23.1(a) 23.1(b) |
Paid 133% of their ordinary hourly rate
Paid 150% of the ordinary hourly rate for the first 2 hours and 200% of the ordinary hourly rate thereafter |
| Weekend ordinary hours | 23.2 |
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| Public Holidays | 23.3 |
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| Public Holidays Not Worked | 29.1 |
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| Clause | Conditions | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum shift engagement |
12.2 22.1(b) 22.1(c) |
Casual: minimum 3 hours Saturday: minimum 3 hours Sunday/Public Holiday: minimum 4 hours |
| Breaks between working days | 16.5 |
Worked with less than 10 hours break after overtime
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| Service work - call back |
17.1 17.3 |
Fire sprinkler fitter employees
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| Higher Duties | 18.8 |
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| Work in inclement weather | 21.11(f)(ii) |
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| Safety during inclement weather | 21.11(h) | Where alternative work is not available, and until the unsafe conditions are rectified, the employee will remain on site without reduction of their inclement weather entitlement. |
| Call-back | 22.2(a) |
Overtime penalties apply to hours worked. A minimum period of work is paid:
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| Working during meal break |
22.3
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until the employee is allowed to take meal break |
| Transport allowance | 23.4 | Pay the employee their current wage for the time reasonably spent occupied in reaching their home |
| Annual Leave Loading | 24.3 | 17.5% |
| Extra Annual leave | 24.2 |
An additional week of leave
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Special Notes
- The timesheet should have start and end times for the rules to apply correctly.
- Leaves should be converted into a timesheet with the standard hours of work.
- Fumes allowance is paid based on agreed rate, the rules and rates need to be updated where necessary.
- Hot work allowance work type should not be used for the period of 20-minute breaks.
- No meal break work type needs to be only used for the period of time where employee has not taken a meal break.
- For employees with extra annual leave per clause 24.2 - employees need to be assigned to leave allowance template with 5 weeks annual leave.
- The base rate for the following classification levels may not match the rate indicated on the pay guide due to the way individual components making up the all-purpose inclusive minimum rate are calculated. Please review and make manual adjustments where required.
- Plumbing and mechanical services tradesperson level 1 - Daily Hire
- Advanced sprinkler fitter tradesperson level 1
- Sprinkler fitter tradesperson - special class level 1
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The rate of pay for an adult apprentice must be no less than the higher of the following two amounts:
- The federal minimum wage plus the full Industry Allowance as outlined in clause 21.3(a), or
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The apprentice wage specified in clause 18.2.
For the levels listed below, use tag “Adult apprentice - only industry allowance apply”, as this results in a higher pay rate than that provided under clause 18.2 results in a higher pay rate than that provided under clause 18.2.
- Adult Apprentice - Plumbing and mechanical services - 1st yr
- Adult Apprentice - Plumbing and mechanical services - 2nd yr
- Adult Apprentice - Plumbing and mechanical services - 3rd yr
- Adult Trainee Apprentice - Plumbing and mechanical services - 1st yr
- Adult Trainee Apprentice - Plumbing and mechanical services - 2nd yr
- Adult Trainee Apprentice - Plumbing and mechanical services - 3rd yr
- Adult Apprentice - Sprinkler pipe-fitting - 1st yr
- Adult Apprentice - Sprinkler pipe-fitting - 2nd yr
- Adult Apprentice - Sprinkler pipe-fitting - 3rd yr
The clauses listed in the table below were not included in the award. If you need any of these clauses, it is necessary to create or customise the award.
| Clause no. | Clause Name | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 15.3 | Early start |
Need to customise rules. By agreement between the employer and its employees, the working day may begin at 6.00 am or at any other time between that hour and 8.00 am and the working time will then begin to run from the time so fixed. |
| 15.5 | Rostered days off |
Need to customise rules. (c) General exception for employers of fewer than 15 (not working alongside other building and construction workers) In respect of employers of fewer than 15 employees and subject to an agreement in writing between the employer and the employee, the employer will pay the employee overtime for any hours worked over 38 hours in any week, instead of accruing RDOs. |
| 16.2 | Variation of meal breaks |
Need to customise rules. The period of the meal break may be lengthened to not more than 45 minutes with a consequential adjustment to the daily time of finish of work. |
| 18.4 | School based apprenticeship | Need to create Pay Rate Templates and Employment Agreements. |
| 18.5 | Peak Sports Apprenticeships | Need to create Pay Rate Templates and Employment Agreements. |
| 18.6 | National training wage |
Need to create Pay Rate Templates and Employment Agreements. Schedule E to the Miscellaneous Award 2020 sets out minimum wage rates and conditions for employees undertaking traineeships. |
| 18.7 | Supported wage system |
Need to create Pay Rate Templates and Employment Agreements. For employees who because of the effects of a disability are eligible for a supported wage, see Schedule I—Supported Wage System. |
| 29.2 & 29.3 | Public holidays |
Need to customise rules. 29.2 An employer and employee may agree to substitute another day for a day that would otherwise be a public holiday under the NES. 29.3 An employer and employee may agree to substitute another part-day for a part-day that would otherwise be a part-day public holiday under the NES. |
Work types
Work types are a description of the kind of shift you are working, and you select them when you record a timesheet. The following is a list of work types employees can select on their timesheet, and the meaning of each item.
| Annual Leave Taken | Choose this work type when annual leave is taken. |
| Attendance at a registered training organisation | Choose this work type when an apprentice is attending at a registered training organisation. |
| Camp allowance - per day | Choose this work type for each day living in a construction camp or caravan, where free messing is not provided (for periods less than a complete week). |
| Camp allowance - per week | Choose this work type for each complete week an employee is available for work while living in a construction camp or caravan, where free messing is not provided. |
| Ceased work due to no dry clothes available | Choose this work type when an employee stops work after completing duties in inclement weather, due to no chance to have a change of dry clothes. |
| Compassionate Leave Taken | Choose this work type when compassionate leave is taken. |
| Forward journey - travelling time | Choose this work type for travel time on forward journey |
| Forward/return journey - meal allowance | Choose this work type for any meals incurred on a forward / return journey. The number of meals should be entered into the 'units' field. |
| Higher duties - worked more than half a day | Choose this work type when an employee worked higher duties for more than half a day. |
| Leave Without Pay Taken | Choose this work type when any unpaid leave is taken. |
| Living away from home - per day | Choose this work type to claim living away from home allowance for a broken week at the beginning or end of employment on a distant job. |
| Living away from home - per week | Choose this work type to claim living away from home allowance for a complete week (7 days) on a distant job. |
| Long Service Leave Taken | Choose this work type when long service leave is taken. |
| Mileage allowance for travel beyond 50km radius | Choose this work type to claim mileage allowance for travel beyond defined radius. The kilometres travelled should be entered into the 'units' field. |
| No meal break | Choose this work type when an employer requires an employee to work through their normal meal break. |
| No minimum shift engagement | Choose this work type when an employee does not require minimum shift payment. |
| No rest period after overtime | Choose this work type if an employee resumes work without having the 10-consecutive hour rest period following overtime. |
| On call | Choose this work type when a fire sprinkler fitter employee is required to be on-call outside the ordinary hours of work. |
| Overtime meal allowance - no meal provided | Choose this work type when an employee is required to work overtime for at least 1.5 hours after ordinary hours and no meal is provided. |
| Paid Community Service Leave Taken | Choose this work type when community service leave is taken. |
| Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave Taken | Choose this work type when paid family and domestic violence leave is taken. |
| Personal/Carer's Leave Taken | Choose this work type when personal and/or carer's leave is taken. |
| Public Holiday not worked | Choose this work type for a public holiday that falls on a normal workday, which the permanent employee was not required to work. |
| Recalled to work | Choose this work type for an instance of being recalled to work outside of ordinary hours. |
| Return journey - travelling time | Choose this work type for travel time on return journey. |
| Rostered Day Off Taken | Choose this work type when rostered day off is taken. |
| Safety during inclement weather | Choose this work type when an employee is required to remain on site during unsafe conditions because no alternative duties are available. |
| Service work - call-back (first recall) | Choose this work type for the first call back when a fire sprinkler fitting employee is required to perform service work outside ordinary working hours for breakdown, accident or other emergency work. |
| Service work - Call-back (subsequent recall) | Choose this work type for the subsequent call back in the same day when a fire sprinkler fitting employee is required to perform service work outside ordinary working hours for breakdown, accident or other emergency work. |
| Shiftwork - less than 48 hours notice | Choose this work type when an employee is directed to work shifts with less than 48 hours' notice. |
| Time in lieu of overtime | Choose this work type if the employee elects to accrue time in lieu regularly instead of being paid overtime for a shift. |
| Time In Lieu Taken | Choose this work type when time in lieu is taken. |
| Transport allowance | Choose this work type when an employee, after having worked overtime for which the employee has not been regularly rostered or on a prescribed holiday, finishes work at a time when reasonable means of transport are not available. |
| Travel time | Choose this work type for travel time excluding distant work and forward/return journey. |
| Travel time - distant work | Choose this work type for travel time on distant work. |
| Vehicle allowance - per km | Choose this work type if the employee uses their own vehicle during working hours. The kilometres travelled should be entered into the 'units' field. |
| Weekend as ordinary | Choose this work type when an employee is directed to work on a weekend as part of their ordinary hours. |
| Weekend return home | Choose this work type to claim the allowance for returning to a usual place of residence for a weekend, while working ordinary hours on a distant job on the working days before and after the weekend. The employee must notify the employer or their representative of the return no later than Tuesday of each week. |
| Work in inclement weather | Choose this work type when an employee is required to work during inclement weather. |
Shift conditions
Shift Conditions are another type of work type that allows employees to select multiple work types for a single day or timesheet. You can add a Shift Condition when editing a timesheet by clicking the "Add shift condition" link. Below is a list of available Shift Conditions and their meanings:
| Bitumen work | Select this shift condition when an employee is working with hot bitumen, asphalt, or dipping materials in creosote. |
| Cold work | Select this shift condition when an employee is working in a place where the temperature is lowered by artificial means to less than 0°Celsius. |
| Cutting tiles | Select this shift condition when an employee is cutting tiles. |
| Engaged in acid plants and chemicals works | Select this shift condition when an employee is engaged in work carried out on a production plant in chemical works or acid plants or acid furnaces, stills or towers which have been commissioned. |
| Engaged in aluminum foil insulation | Select this shift condition when an employee is required to work on the fixing of aluminum foil insulation roofs or walls prior to the sheeting thereof. |
| Engaged in asbestos eradication | Select this shift condition when an employee is engaged in work involving the removal or any other method of neutralisation of any material which consists of or contains asbestos. |
| Engaged in lead burning or lead work | Select this shift condition when a plumbing and mechanical services employee is engaged in lead burning or related lead work. |
| Engaged in ship work | Select this shift condition when an employee is engaged in ship-related work. |
| Fares allowance | Select this shift condition to claim the fares allowance as per clause 21.9(a). |
| First aid allowance | Select this shift condition when an employee is appointed to carry out first aid duties. |
| Handling insulating materials | Select this shift condition when an employee is handling charcoal, pumice, granulated cork, silicate of cotton, insulwool, slag wool, limpet fibre, vermiculite or other recognised insulating materials of a like nature, associated with similar disabilities in its use. |
| Higher duties - worked more than half a day | Select this shift condition when an employee worked higher duties for more than half a day. |
| Hot work allowance - between 46°C and 54°C | Select this shift condition when an employee is working in a place where the temperature has been raised by artificial means to between 46° and 54° Celsius. |
| Hot work allowance - in excess of 54°C | Select this shift condition when an employee is working in a place where the temperature has been raised by artificial means exceeding 54° Celsius. |
| Laser safety officer allowance | Select this shift condition when an employee is appointed to carry out the duties of a laser safety officer. |
| Multistorey allowance - 16th floor level to 30th floor level | Select this shift condition to claim multistorey allowance - 16th to 30th floor level. |
| Multistorey allowance - 31st floor level to 45th floor level | Select this shift condition to claim multistorey allowance - 31st floor level to 45th floor level. |
| Multistorey allowance - 46th floor level to 60th floor level | Select this shift condition to claim multistorey allowance - 46th floor level to 60th floor level. |
| Multistorey allowance - 61st floor level onwards | Select this shift condition to claim multistorey allowance - 61st floor level onwards. |
| Multistorey allowance - commencement of building to 15th floor level | Select this shift condition to claim multistorey allowance - commencement of building to 15th floor level. |
| No meal break | Select this shift condition when an employer requires an employee to work through their normal meal break. |
| No minimum shift engagement | Select this shift condition when an employee does not require minimum shift payment. |
| No rest period after overtime | Select this shift condition when an employee resumes work without having the 10-consecutive hour rest period following overtime. |
| Overtime meal allowance - no meal provided | Select this shift condition when an employee is required to work overtime for at least 1.5 hours after ordinary hours and no meal is provided. |
| Required to use an explosive powered tool | Select this shift condition when an employee is required to use an explosive powered tool. |
| Required to wear protective equipment for the use of asbestos materials | Select this shift condition when an employee is required to wear protective equipment (i.e. combination overalls and breathing equipment or similar apparatus) as part of the necessary safeguards required by the appropriate occupational health authority for the use of materials containing asbestos or to work in close proximity to employees using such materials. |
| Required to work in a place where fumes are present | Select this shift condition when an employee is required to work in a place where fumes of sulphur, other acid or offensive fumes are present. |
| Required to work in service shafts | Select this shift condition when an employee is required to work in service shafts on installation work. |
| Return journey - transport home allowance | Select this shift condition to claim return journey - transport home allowance. |
| Service cores allowance - less than 15m - 16th floor to 30th floor | Select this shift condition to claim service cores allowance - less than 15 metres above the highest point of the main structure - 16th floor to 30th floor. |
| Service cores allowance - less than 15m - 31st floor to 45th floor | Select this shift condition to claim service cores allowance - less than 15 metres above the highest point of the main structure - 31st floor to 45th floor. |
| Service cores allowance - less than 15m - 46th floor to 60th floor | Select this shift condition to claim service cores allowance - less than 15 metres above the highest point of the main structure - 46th floor to 60th floor. |
| Service cores allowance - less than 15m - 61st floor onwards | Select this shift condition to claim service cores allowance - less than 15 metres above the highest point of the main structure - 61st floor onwards. |
| Service cores allowance - less than 15m - commencement of building to 15th floor | Select this shift condition to claim service cores allowance - less than 15 metres above the highest point of the main structure - commencement of building to 15th floor. |
| Service cores allowance - more than 15m - 16th floor to 30th floor | Select this shift condition to claim service cores allowance - more than 15 metres above the highest point of the main structure - 16th floor to 30th floor. |
| Service cores allowance - more than 15m - 31st floor to 45th floor | Select this shift condition to claim service cores allowance - more than 15 metres above the highest point of the main structure - 31st floor to 45th floor. |
| Service cores allowance - more than 15m - 46th floor to 60th floor | Select this shift condition to claim service cores allowance - more than 15 metres above the highest point of the main structure - 46th floor to 60th floor. |
| Service cores allowance - more than 15m - 61st floor onwards | Select this shift condition to claim service cores allowance - more than 15 metres above the highest point of the main structure - 61st floor onwards. |
| Service cores allowance - more than 15m - commencement of building to 15th floor | Select this shift condition to claim service cores allowance - more than 15 metres above the highest point of the main structure - commencement of building to 15th floor. |
| Service work while engaged in fire sprinkler fitting | Select this shift condition when an employee is engaged in fire sprinkler fitting service work |
| Shiftwork - less than 48 hours notice | Select this shift condition when an employee is directed to work shifts with less than 48 hours notice. |
| Time in lieu of overtime | Select this shift condition when an employee elects to accrue time in lieu regularly instead of being paid overtime for a shift. |
| Travel time allowance - within 50km radius | Select this shift condition to claim travel time allowance - within 50km radius. |
| Travel time allowance when living-off site - within 50km radius | Select this shift condition to claim travel time allowance when living off-site - within 50km radius. |
| Travel time allowance- beyond 50km radius | Select this shift condition to claim travel time allowance - beyond 50km radius. |
| Travel time allowance when living off-site - beyond 50km radius | Select this shift condition to claim travel time allowance when living off-site - beyond 50km radius. |
| Working in a hospital | Select this shift condition when an employee is engaged in repairs, demolition and/or maintenance in any block or portion of a hospital used for the care or treatment of patients suffering from infectious or contagious diseases. |
| Working in close proximity to toxic substances | Select this shift condition when employee is working in close proximity to toxic substances. |
| Working in construction exceeding 15m in height | Select this shift condition when an employee is working in construction exceeding 15m in height. |
| Working inside a morgue | Select this shift condition when an employee is working inside a morgue in which one or more dead bodies are not in refrigeration. |
| Working with toxic substances | Select this shift condition when an employee is working with toxic substances or materials of a like nature. |
Tags
Employee Tags are specific conditions typically related to the employee’s agreement. These are often conditions negotiated and agreed between the employer and the employee, or unique characteristics of the employee’s role. Payment of these provisions is usually of a recurring and ongoing nature.
| Adult apprentice - only industry allowance apply | Assign this tag to an adult apprentice employee who only receives industry allowance. |
| Apprentice | Assign this tag to an apprentice. |
| Computing quantities allowance | Assign this tag to an employee required to compute or estimate quantities of materials in respect of the work performed by other employees. |
| Daily hire | Assign this tag to daily hire employees. |
| Electric Welding | Assign this tag to an employee who is requested by the employer to hold the relevant qualifications for electric welding, and is required by their employer to act on such qualifications. |
| First Aid | Assign this tag to an employee who is qualified in first aid and is appointed by their employer to carry out first aid duties. |
| Laser safety officer | Assign this tag to an employee who is qualified to perform duties associated with laser safety and is appointed as such. |
| Leading Hand - 1 employee | Assign tag to an employee appointed to be a leading hand in charge of 1 employee. |
| Leading Hand - 2-5 employees | Assign tag to an employee appointed to be a leading hand in charge of 2-5 employees. |
| Leading Hand - 6-10 employees | Assign tag to an employee appointed to be a leading hand in charge of 6-10 employees. |
| Leading hand allowance - more than 10 persons | Assign tag to an employee appointed to be a leading hand in charge of more than 10 persons. |
| Not registered | Assign this tag to plumbing and mechanical services employee in a tradesperson classification who is NOT registered under the relevant Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation. |
| Oxy-acetylene - Welding | Assign this tag to an employee who is requested by the employer to hold the relevant qualifications for pressure oxy-acetylene welding, and is required by their employer to act on such qualifications. |
| Permanent stand-by on roster | Assign this tag to an employee who is permanently on standby in the roster. |
| Plumber's licence or equivalent | Assign this tag to an employee who is required by their employer to act on their plumber’s licence or equivalent. |
| RDO | Assign this tag to employees if they accrue RDO. |
| Registered | Assign this tag to plumbing and mechanical services employee in a tradesperson classification who is registered under the relevant Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation. |
| Shiftworker | Assign this tag to an employee engaged to shift work. |
| TIL of OT | Where agreement is reached between the employee and employer that the employee will accrue time in lieu instead of being paid for overtime worked. |
| Tool allowance | Assign this tag to an employee who is required to use their own tools in performing their duties, including any adult trainee apprentice or adult apprentice who is paid the national minimum wage and the industry allowance. |
| Worker Level 1 - not a tradesperson | Assign this tag to a plumbing mechanical services employee who is a Level 1 worker but not a tradesperson OR a fire sprinkler fitting trade employee whose classification is below Sprinkler fitting tradesperson Level 1. |
System limitations
Please note that rules will not be able to interpret or calculate the below clauses due to system limitations and will require manual intervention.
An employee will be entitled to an unpaid meal break of at least 30 minutes between noon and 1.00 pm.
- Breaks at specific start times require manual entry.
When travel time is continuous with work hours at the end of a shift, the system calculates the shift end time based on the travel period. For example, if the shift ends at 6 AM and travel time is from 6-7 AM, the system treats the entire period as ordinary hours, as shift penalties only apply until 6 AM.
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- Ensure that travel time is at least 31 minutes apart from work hours for the system to recognize it as a separate shift.
If the break between two subsequent recalls is 30 minutes or less, minimum engagement for each recall must be applied manually.
To prevent underpayment, the system will always top up the industry allowance to meet the minimum engagement level. It automatically applies the minimum industry allowance required for each shift. If a workday includes multiple broken shifts, there may be an excess allowance applied. In these instances, the payroll administrators will need to manually adjust the pay run to remove any over-applied allowance.
% of the minimum rate of the highest classification supervised, or the employee’s own rate, whichever is higher.
- System cannot pay whichever is greater and requires manual intervention to select the correct higher rate of pay.
Service core allowance more than 15m and towers allowance is paid only for the initial 15m, not for each extra 15m. Manual intervention is required for any further height increases beyond 15m.
If a workday includes multiple broken shifts, each less than 7.5 hours, there may be an excess allowance applied. In these instances, the payroll administrators will need to manually adjust the payrun to remove any over-applied allowance.
In addition to the amounts prescribed above in this table, where the aggregate of time spent in a service shaft on any day including a Saturday or Sunday exceeds 8 hours, such employees must be paid for each whole hour so worked.
- Since this allowance is intended to apply only to whole hours, the system may over-apply it by including partial hours in the calculation. Payroll administrators must manually review and adjust the pay run to remove any excess allowance resulting from these partial hours. (e.g. 1.5 hours should be 1 hour only)
Meal allowance is paid only once after completing an additional 4 hours, not for every 4-hour period.
25% of the minimum hourly rate (excluding any relevant all purpose allowances) per day or the minimum hourly rate (excluding any relevant all purpose allowances) per hour for the time actually spent travelling outside of the 50km radius to and from the job site, whichever is greater.
- System cannot pay whichever is greater and requires manual intervention to select the correct higher rate of pay.
Entitled to payment by their employer for ordinary time lost through inclement weather for up to, but not more than 32 hours in every period of 4 weeks.
- Cannot cap entitlement for inclement weather.
- (f) If the employee requests at any time, to be paid for overtime covered by an agreement under clause 22.6 but not taken as time off, the employer must pay the employee for the overtime, in the next pay period following the request, at the overtime rate applicable to the overtime when worked.
- (g) If time off for overtime that has been worked is not taken within the period of 6 months mentioned in clause 22.6(e), the employer must pay the employee for the overtime, in the next pay period following those 6 months, at the overtime rate applicable to the overtime when worked.