Your Award/Agreement includes an All Purpose Allowance

Sharlyce Reed

Apr 19, 2024

Confirm within your Award or Agreement if your Casual Payees are paid these allowances on their Casual Ordinary Hourly Rate.
- As an example. under the
  - Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing Award [MA000073], Clause 10.4 states that where this award refers to a penalty rate, overtime rate or shift loading as being calculated as a percentage of the ordinary hourly rate, that reference will (for a casual employee) instead be taken to be a reference to the casual ordinary hourly rate if the entitlement applies to a casual employee.
    - This means the Casual Loading Component must be added to the Ordinary (Full-Time) Hourly Rate BEFORE the Overtime calculation is performed.
  - Building and Construction General On-site Award [MA000020], Clause 12.5 states that where the relevant penalty rate is 150%, the employee must be paid 175% of the ordinary hourly rate prescribed for the employee’s classification, and where the relevant penalty rate is 200%, the employee must be paid 225% of the ordinary hourly rate prescribed for the employee’s classification.
    - This means the Casual Loading Component is added to the Ordinary (Full-Time) Hourly Rate AFTER the Overtime calculation is performed.
Create your own Pay Rates to cater for these requirements,
1. Add a User Modified Pay Rate (All Purpose Allowance).
2. Select which Pay Rates should be factored up by the allowances defined within All Purpose Allowance in the Payee Master File.
Create your own Allowances to cater for these requirements,
1. Add a User Modified Allowance
2. Select which Allowances should be available in All Purpose Allowance within the Payee Master File.
Assign the relevant Pay Types to the required Payees
1. Add an Allowance to the Payees All Purpose Allowance
2. Add a Pay Type to the Payees Pay Template