Horse and Greyhound Training Award
Industry award for the horse and greyhound training industry - training and preparation of animals for thoroughbred, trotting, harness and greyhound racing. Functions: pre-training, grooming, feeding, handling, stabling, exercising, cleaning/care/maintenance of stables and equipment, care/leading-in of horses at race meetings. 7 classifications (Stable Employee → Trainer); standard rate is Stable Foreman ($1,068.40/wk = $28.12/hr) per cl 2 def. Excluded: apprentice jockeys when undertaking trial/race-riding for which they receive payment (cl 4.3). 38 hrs/wk Mon-SAT only - Sundays are OUTSIDE ordinary hours and treated as OT (200% min 3 hrs FT/PT, 250% casual). Apprentice jockey rates derived from Track Rider weekly ($982.40), NOT relevant classification. 6 default super funds per PR794707 ppc 23Jan26.
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 7 cl 13.1 classifications at corrected July 2025 figures (PR786546 ppc 1Jul25): Stable Employee $24.28/hr → Trainer $30.68/hr. Standard rate = Stable Foreman $28.12/hr.
- Cl 13.3 junior rates 6 age bands (15→20yo at 55/60/65/70/80/95%) with NEAREST-10-CENT rounding (D1).
- Cl 13.4 apprentice 4-tier × Yr12-status matrix configured (D2): not-Yr12 (50/60/75/90%) vs completed-Yr12 (55/65/75/95%).
- Cl 13.4 apprentice jockey weekly $ derived from Track Rider basis (D3): $491.20 → $933.28 across years/Yr12 status.
- Cl 13.4(b)/(c) adult apprentice GREATER-OF rules (D4/D5): max(80% relevant classification, percentage rate) for 1st year; max(lowest adult Stable Employee $922.70, percentage rate) for 2+ year.
- Cl 13.4(d-e) adult apprentice prior-employment protection (D6): no reduction in min rate if 6+ months FT or 12+ months PT/regular casual immediately before training agreement.
- Cl 15.2(a) racecourse attendance distance-tier (D9): $30.01 within 75km + $7.07 per additional 50km.
- Cl 15.2 allowances: meal at race meeting $14.98, OT meal no-notice $18.28, boots/cap/vest subsidy $5.46/wk for track riders.
- Cl 17 OT: FT/PT 1.5x first 3 hrs / 2x after; Casual 1.875x first 3 / 2.5x after (loading-inc multiplicative). Sunday FT/PT 200% min 3 hrs; Sunday Casual 250% min 3 hrs (D16).
- Cl 23.4 PH: 200% (FT/PT) / 250% (Casual additive via cl 10.4(b) all-purpose loading - D15). NO minimum payment.
- Cl 17.3 stand-by/watch-keeping at OT rates (D13).
- Cl 11A right to disconnect with on-call exception cl 11A.4 - must respond if being paid stand-by under cl 17.3 (D17).
- All 6 default super funds per cl 16.4 (substituted PR794707 ppc 23Jan26): AustralianSuper, HOSTPLUS Superannuation Fund, Australian Retirement Trust, AMP Super Fund, Russell Investments Master Trust, CareSuper.
- Cl 10 casual employment: restricted to short-term/emergency/un-rosterable (D10), 12-week conversion right (D11), min 3 hrs daily, NOT MORE than once per day, transport home if dismissed away from usual workplace.
- Cl 11.2 4-day + 2-half-day roster pattern (D12) with half days END BY 12 NOON (cl 11.3); roster posted Monday of preceding week.
- Cl 12 breaks: 15-min PAID morning rest break counted as time worked (D14); 30-min unpaid meal break between hour 5 and 6 of shift for shifts >6 hrs.
Known limitations
- Apprentice jockey rates (D3) encoded as configuration entries - per-employee rate computation requires payroll engine to apply Year × Yr12-status matrix to Track Rider base. AwardClassification dimensional rows are future work.
- Adult apprentice MAX-of comparators (D4/D5) are application-level - schema stores both alternatives as configuration; resolver picks greater.
- Casual engagement restriction (D10) requires application-level enforcement at hire/engagement time; configuration captures the criteria only.
- Half-day-by-12-noon roster validator (D12) requires runtime enforcement against rostered hours; configuration stores `half_day_must_end_by=12:00`.
- 15-min PAID morning rest break (D14) cannot be expressed in standard AwardShiftSetting (which only stores ONE break) - captured via configuration only.
- PH casual 250% (D15) is the practical effect of cl 10.4(b) all-purpose loading attaching to cl 23.4 PH penalty. Documented but the bare 200% reading of cl 23.4 alone could be argued; resolver pays 250% to be safe.
Setup & special instructions
- Standard rate = Stable Foreman $1,068.40/wk = $28.12/hr (cl 2 def). Used for percentage-based references.
- Apprentice jockey rates derived from Track Rider ($982.40/wk), NOT the relevant classification (cl 13.1 fn 1).
- Junior rounding is to NEAREST 10 CENTS (not 5c). Different from MA000093 (5c rounding).
- Adult apprentice rates use GREATER OF the relevant classification rate (80% for 1st yr, 100% lowest adult for 2+ yr) OR the cl 13.4(a) percentage rate.
- Sundays are OUTSIDE ordinary hours. Sunday work = OT under cl 17.1(b)/(b). Casuals get 250% (incl loading); FT/PT get 200% with min 3 hrs.
- PH = 200% (FT/PT) or 250% (Casual) with NO minimum payment. Substitution by employer-employee agreement (cl 23.2/23.3).
- Casual engagement is RESTRICTED to short-term/emergency/un-rosterable work (cl 10.1). HR must validate at hire/engagement.
- Casual conversion at 12 consecutive weeks of regular pattern (cl 10.6) - NES s.66B 6-month pathway also applies.
- Right to disconnect on-call exception (cl 11A.4): employee MUST respond if being paid stand-by time under cl 17.3.
- 6 default super funds per cl 16.4 PR794707 ppc 23Jan26.
- Half days end by 12 NOON (cl 11.3) when 4-day+2-half pattern used. Roster posted Monday of preceding week.
- 15-min PAID morning rest break counted as time worked (cl 12.1) - separate from 30-min unpaid meal break taken between hour 5 and hour 6 (cl 12.2).
- Coverage exclusion: apprentice jockeys when undertaking trial/race-riding for which they receive payment (cl 4.3).
- • Horse training
- • Greyhound training
- • Thoroughbred racing
- • Trotting
- • Harness racing
- • Stables
- • Track riding
- • Jockey
- • Apprentice jockey
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.
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