Fast Food Industry Award
Covers take-away, drive-through and quick-service food establishments. Has several quirks worth knowing about: Level 3 splits into two supervisory sub-levels, Sunday penalties differ by classification level, junior rates start at under-16 (40%) and run all the way to 21 (100%), and there are two motor-vehicle rates (one for delivery employees at $0.52/km, another at $0.98/km).
Fully built. Rates, allowances, penalties and any required apprentice / junior rates are all wired to the rate resolver and have been verified against the consolidated award text and the latest pay guide.
Official Fair Work rates. This award’s minimum pay rates are synced directly from the Fair Work Commission’s Modern Awards Pay Database and updated automatically when the Commission changes them - including the annual wage review - so payroll always uses the current legal minimums without a manual update.
What's built
- All 4 classifications including the L3 supervisory split - in charge of one or no person vs in charge of 2 or more.
- Junior rates from under-16 (40%) through 20-year-old (90%), with the distinctive 21-year-old 100% (falls through to adult).
- All cl. 17 allowances - Broken Hill, cold work plus stacking sub-zero, two meal-OT bands, FT / PT laundry, the two vehicle rates, travel time / excess and moving expenses.
- Tiered Mon-Sat overtime (150% first 2 hours, 200% after) and the level-dependent Sunday penalty (L1 at 125%, L2 / L3 at 150%).
- Cl. 20.5 Sunday-OT minimum 4-hour payment when the OT block isn't adjacent to ordinary hours.
Known limitations
No outstanding gaps at this revision - re-verify on the next Fair Work pay-guide release.
Setup & special instructions
- Sunday penalty depends on classification level - the resolver consults the employee's classification when computing Sunday rates. Level 1 employees get 125%, Level 2 and Level 3 get 150%.
- Delivery employees use the $0.52/km vehicle rate (cl. 17.8(a)); all other vehicle use is at $0.98/km (cl. 17.8(b)).
- There is no first-aid allowance in this award - don't assume the Retail / Hospitality $13.89 figure applies.
- • Fast food
- • Take-away
- • Quick-service food
- • Drive-through
The consolidated award text is the authoritative source. Always confirm specific obligations against the award itself - Mployr's implementation status reflects what we've seeded; it does not replace legal advice.
Want to see this award running on your data?
We can demo a pay run on the fast food award using sample employees in a sandbox tenant - including any of the special-instruction steps above so you can see exactly what your team's day-to-day looks like.
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