Award Summaries

Guides and Playbooks

Employment Essentials: Payroll Compliance

Learn how to manage pay errors, awards, overtime, deductions, salary absorption clauses and record-keeping obligations.

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Blogs

Changes to Sleepover Shifts in the SCHADS Award from 1 June 2026

A breakdown of the FWC’s Variation Decision on sleepovers. Learn about the new 12-hour agreement, shift loading calculations, and practical steps for employers.

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Factsheets

Hospitality Industry (General) Award Summary [MA000009]

The Hospitality Award is designed to cover a wide range of job roles including chefs, wait staff, front office and maintenance employees.

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Factsheets

Restaurant Industry Award Summary [MA000119]

This Award primarily applies to businesses operating restaurants, cafés and similar establishments, but also extends to employees performing similar roles.

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Factsheets

Manufacturing and Associated Industries and Occupations Award Summary [MA000010]

The Manufacturing Industry Award covers employers and employees who work in manufacturing or associated industries.

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Blogs

How to pay salaried award employees correctly and avoid underpayments

Learn how to pay salaried, award-covered employees correctly and avoid underpayments, with insights from recent court rulings.

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Case Study

Simplifying SCHADS compliance: How Employment Hero delivered confidence for Children by Choice

Company Children by Choice Industry Not-for-profit Employees 25+ Location Queensland, Australia Favourite Features About the business Children by Choice is a Queensland-based not-for-profit providing counselling, education and advocacy across reproductive health. Following significant government funding, the organisation expanded from 8 to over 25 employees, bringing new payroll complexity under the SCHADS Award and increased reporting […]

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Factsheets

Fitness Industry Award Summary [MA000094]

The Fitness Industry Award covers employers and employees in the fitness industry, including fitness centers, classes and related services.

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Blogs

Sleepovers and night shift penalties in the SCHADS Award: recent developments

The Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award 2010 (SCHADS Award) is one of the most widely used modern awards in the support services sector. With its many complex clauses, it can be challenging for both employers and employees to interpret and apply correctly. Published Updated Contents The Social, Community, Home Care and Disability […]

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Webinars

Understanding the SCHADS Award

Join our expert-led SCHADS Award webinar to unpack key 2025 changes and employer impacts. Gain clarity and register now to satay compliant and informed.

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Blogs

New pay rates and rules coming to 37 modern awards in 2025

From January, new pay rates and new rules about how long employees can stay at the lowest classification level in modern awards will come into effect.

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Blogs

Everything you need to know about the changes to the SCHADS Award

Work value amendments to the SCHADS, Aged Care and Nurses Award have been finalised, and further changes to the SCHADS Award are on the way. Simon Obee, Head of HR Advisory and Principal Lawyer at Employment Hero shares everything you need to know.

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Blogs

Annualised Wage Provision Changes For Restaurant and Hospitality Awards [2022]

Learn all about the changes to annualised wage provisions for Restaurant and Hospitality Awards.

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Blogs

Award Interpretation: Are Changes to Modern Awards Giving You A Headache?

Modern award interpretation is costly to get wrong. Discover how HeroForce at Employment Hero automates award compliance for Australian employers today.

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