Pastoral Award 2020 (MA000035) | Poultry Farming

This article provides guidelines about when to use the different work types and tags that are included as part of the pre-built Pastoral Award - Poultry Farming package. For further information about the Pastoral Award - Poultry Farming, refer to: Pastoral Award - Poultry Farming.

Key updates

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July 2024

10th

We have updated the backend rounding method impacting the calculation of the minimum base rate. "Poultry Farm Worker Level 1" and "Poultry Farm Worker Level 3" have been updated to reflect the minimum rate in the pay guide. 

1st

We have updated the award to reflect the Fair Work Commission's National Minimum Wage increase detailed in the Annual Wage Review 2023-24 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 2024. 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 2024.

All rule sets has been updated to include a rule for Paid Family Domestic Violence Leave.

Installing 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.

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Work types

The below lists and explains the work types an employee can select on their timesheet.

A - F
Annual Leave taken Choose this work type when annual leave is taken
Community Service Leave taken Choose this work type when community service leave is taken.
Compassionate Leave taken Choose this work type when compassionate leave is taken.
Feeding and watering poultry stock Use this work type for any time spent feeding or watering stock.
G - L
Hours worked Use this work type to represent ordinary hours, unless another work type is more specific.
Kilometres travelled Use this work type for any business kilometres travelled as part of the operations. This does not include travelling from home to the principle place of work or vice versa.
Leave without pay Choose this work type when the employee takes leave without pay..
Long Service Leave taken Choose this work type when accumulated time in lieu was taken.
M - R
Meal allowance (overtime) Choose this work type when an employee is required to work overtime after working ordinary hours on Monday to Friday (except where the period of overtime is less than 1.5 hours) and a meal is not provided. Or where overtime is unplanned and not notified the day or days beforehand and the employee works more than 2 hours of overtime and work will continue beyond the meal break. Or where overtime cancellation occurs and notice of cancellation is not given at least the day before the planned overtime. One unit per meal.
Personal/Carer's Leave taken Choose this work type when personal or carer’s leave is taken.
Public holiday not worked Choose this work type when the day is a public holiday but the employee has a day off (permanent employees only).
RDO Leave taken Choose this work type when a roster day off is taken.
S - Z
Time in Lieu Leave taken Choose this work type when time in lieu leave is taken.
Work during a meal break Choose this work type if work has been performed during a recognised meal break. This should be from the start of when the break was scheduled to when the break finally commences.

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.

G - L
In charge of 2-6 employees Choose this tag if the employee is engaged to be in charge of 2-6 employees.
In charge of 7-10 employees Choose this tag if the employee is engaged to be in charge of 7-10 employees.
In charge of 11-20 employees. Choose this tag if the employee is engaged to be in charge of 11-20 employees.
In charge of more than 20 employees. Choose this tag if the employee is engaged to be in charge of more than 20 employees.
M - R
Performs first aid duties. Choose this tag if the employee holds a first aid qualification and is engaged to perform first aid duties.
S - Z
Time in lieu. Choose this tag if the employee has agreed to receive time in lieu ‌of overtime.

Further information

Time in Lieu Explanation

Time off instead of payment for overtime leave accrues at the same rate as the number of overtime hours worked. For example, an employee who worked two overtime hours has an entitlement to two hours’ time off. If you do take time off for overtime and the time off you intend, pay it out, you must pay at the overtime rate applicable to the overtime when worked

It also applies when you terminate an employee and you have to pay out the time. To pay it out correctly, you will need to record the overtime rate manually while you are processing the time in lieu accrual. We suggest that you record the overtime details in the Notes section of the leave accrual line in the pay run.

If you are required to pay out the time off for overtime either before termination or during termination, you can run a Pay Run Audit Report. It will show the pay runs for the employee where they accrued Time in Lieu, enabling yout to determine the applicable rates. Next, you can run an Employee Payment History Report to determine if they took any of the time off for overtime. You can then determine the correct balance based on the number of hours by taking the equivalent to the overtime payment that you made.

Example: an employee who worked two (2) overtime hours at what would have been the rate of time and a half, is then entitled to three (3) hours of time off leave to be accrued. In our above example (the first accrual line of the screen shot) you would take 0.5 hours x 1.5 = 0.75 hours. Therefore, you will need to adjust the time-in-lieu balance by adding a further 0.25 hours (0.75 hours – 0.5 hours = 0.25 hours).

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