Racing Clubs Events Award
Industry award for staging events at horse and greyhound racing venues - thoroughbred, harness, trotting and greyhound racing clubs. TWO distinct classification streams: other-than-liquor (cl 13: Introductory + Grade 1-4 Racecourse Attendant + Grade 1-4 Raceday Official, FT/PT/casual) and liquor (cl 14: bar attendants/cashiers/glass pickers, CASUAL ONLY with all-inclusive day-of-week tier rates absorbing casual loading + weekend/PH penalties + AL equivalents). Standard rate = Grade 4 Racecourse Attendant $1,068.40/wk. Distinctive features include night cleaning casual at 155% all-inclusive (no ord hrs / OT applies), PH-by-agreement 150% + day off in lieu alternative, casual reporting min 4h pay if not allowed to start, casual non-racing-day inquiry attendance min 2h + expenses, clerk-of-the-course own horse/saddlery extra 2h pay/engagement.
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 9 cl 13 other-than-liquor classifications + 2 cl 14 liquor classifications at corrected July 2025 figures (PR786551 ppc 1Jul25): Introductory $24.28/hr → Grade 4 Raceday Official $30.68/hr; Liquor adult $34.84/hr Mon-Sat / $47.14 Sun / $58.97 PH; Liquor under-19 $27.86 / $37.72 / $47.18.
- Cl 12.4-12.5 liquor day-of-week all-inclusive rates encoded as separate AwardPenalty rows with multiplier ratios against Mon-Sat (Sun adult ratio 1.353, PH adult ratio 1.693). Min 4h payment per engagement.
- Cl 11.7 night cleaning casual 155% (= 25% casual + 30% shift, all-inclusive 11pm-7am window). Cl 15 ord hours and cl 21 OT do NOT apply.
- Cl 21 OT: FT/PT 150% first 2h / 200% after; Casual loading-inc 175% / 225% (cl 21.3). Cl 11.6 Casual Sun 200% / PH 250%. Cl 22.2 FT/PT Sun 200% / PH 250% min 4h.
- Cl 22.2(c) PH-by-agreement 150% + day off in lieu within 28 days (or PH-week off / pro-rata for part-day) - alternative penalty row PH_FTPT_BY_AGREEMENT.
- Cl 11.5 casual reporting min 4h pay if not allowed to start; cl 15.5 casual non-racing-day inquiry attendance min 2h + reasonable expenses.
- Cl 19 allowances: tractor plant $32.05/wk OR $0.84/hr (D17 dual basis), first aid $21.37/wk OR $0.56/hr, wet work footwear $6.00/meeting cap $12.00/wk (D11), clothing fire loss up to $819.38, OT meal $14.62, clerk-of-the-course own horse/saddlery extra 2h (D10), own riding apparel reimbursement OR extra 1h.
- Cl 12 liquor-specific allowances: supervisor $25.64/wk (D13), late finish (after 10pm) $5.62/engagement (D5).
- All 5 default super funds per cl 20.4 (substituted by PR794711 ppc 23 Jan 2026): AustralianSuper, HOSTPLUS Superannuation Fund, Australian Retirement Trust, AMP Super Fund, CareSuper.
- Cl 32.1 Table 1 employee notice tiers: ≤1yr=1wk, 1-3yr=2wk, 3-5yr=3wk, >5yr=4wk; cl 32.2 job search 1 day off without loss of pay.
- Cl 16 breaks: 30 min unpaid meal not later than 5h after start (cl 16.2(a)); work through meal at 150% (cl 16.2(b)); 20 min paid casual rest break per 5h block (cl 16.1); 10 min morning + afternoon tea breaks for non-casuals - afternoon may be substituted by majority agreement with ceasing 10 min earlier (D16 - cl 16.3(b)).
- Cl 15A right to disconnect from 26Aug24 (small-business 26Aug25 - D14).
- 4 pay conditions: Full-Time / Part-Time / Casual / Casual (Liquor). PT min 4h consecutive, 8 days off per 4-week period (cl 10.5/10.8).
Known limitations
- Liquor day-of-week tier rates (D3) encoded as separate AwardPenalty rows with multiplier ratios - resolver must detect liquor sector and apply the all-inclusive tier rate (NOT compound penalty + loading on top).
- Night cleaning 155% (D6) is a fully-absorbed rate - resolver must NOT apply ordinary hours / OT / weekend / PH penalties on top.
- PH by-agreement (D9) requires runtime selection between 250% standard OR 150% + day-in-lieu. Stored as both penalty rows; HR/payroll picks at PH event.
- Inquiry attendance (D8) cannot be expressed as a standard penalty - configured as `casual_inquiry_min_hours=2`. Resolver triggers 2h ord rate + expenses when casual attends inquiry on non-racing day.
- Horse/saddlery + riding apparel (D10) stored as $0 placeholder allowance rows - actual amount = N hours × min hourly rate, computed at engagement time. Riding apparel offers EITHER reimbursement OR 1h pay (employer choice).
Setup & special instructions
- Standard rate = Grade 4 Racecourse Attendant $1,068.40/wk = $28.12/hr (cl 2 def).
- TWO classification streams: other-than-liquor (FT/PT/casual permitted) and liquor (CASUAL ONLY - cl 14.2). Choose at hire.
- Liquor employees use ALL-INCLUSIVE day-of-week tier rates (cl 12.4-12.5) - do NOT apply casual loading on top, do NOT apply weekend/PH penalty on top. The rate IS the loaded rate.
- Liquor casuals still get OT per cl 21.3 (cl 12.10 - overtime IS payable in addition to all-inclusive day rate).
- Casual reporting min 4h pay (cl 11.5) if reports for work and not allowed to start.
- Night cleaning 11pm-7am casual = 155% all-inclusive (cl 11.7). NO ordinary hours / OT applies.
- Casual non-racing-day inquiry attendance: ordinary rate min 2h pay + reasonable expenses (cl 15.5).
- Public holiday alternative: by agreement, 150% + equivalent paid time added to AL (within 28 days) OR one day off in PH week (cl 22.2(c)) - instead of 250% min 4h.
- 5 default super funds per cl 20.4 PR794711 ppc 23Jan26: AustralianSuper, HOSTPLUS, Australian Retirement Trust, AMP Super Fund, CareSuper.
- Right to disconnect (cl 15A) effective 26Aug24 / 26Aug25 small-business. No award-specific exception.
- Wet work footwear $6/meeting capped at $12/wk; not payable when employer supplies waterproof footwear (cl 19.3(a)).
- • Racing
- • Horse racing
- • Greyhound racing
- • Thoroughbred
- • Harness racing
- • Trotting
- • Racecourse
- • Bar attendants (racing venue)
- • Glass pickers (racing venue)
- • Racing clubs
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