Security Services Industry Award
Covers security officers, guards, monitoring and patrol services. 5 classifications (standard rate Level 3) with a two-column FT/PT vs casual penalty structure. Mon-Fri night work (12am-6am or 6pm-12am) carries a base 121.7% / 146.7% loading, escalating to 130% / 155% for permanent night workers (more than two-thirds of ordinary shifts span midnight-6am).
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 5 cl. 15.1 classifications at the corrected July 2025 figures.
- Allowances: first-aid, firearm, broken-shift, four supervision tiers (all-purpose), relieving officer (all-purpose), aviation, meal-OT, motor-car / motorcycle vehicle, clothing reimbursement.
- Two-column FT/PT vs casual penalty rates including the permanent-night 130% / 155% case.
- Tiered Mon-Sat overtime (150% first 2 hours, 200% after) and Sun / PH at 200% / 250%.
- Cl. 19.5 call-back minimums - 2 hours for Mon-Sat admin / disciplinary, 3 hours other Mon-Sat, 4 hours Sunday.
- Annual leave loading per cl. 21.3 - greater of actual or minimum + first-aid / supervision / relieving + 17.5%.
Known limitations
- Cl. 19.1 14-hour-in-24 daily cap is documented but resolver enforcement should be confirmed for long-shift rosters.
- Permanent night work threshold (more than 2/3 of ordinary shifts spanning midnight-6am over a roster cycle) requires roster-cycle context to evaluate - the resolver consults configuration but the cycle window must be set up correctly.
Setup & special instructions
- Supervision (cl. 17.5, four tiers) and relieving officer (cl. 17.6) allowances are all-purpose - they fold into the ordinary hourly rate when assigned. Cl. 21.3(a)(ii) treats them (along with first-aid) as components of the AL payment.
- Set the permanent-night-worker flag on employees whose roster cycle qualifies (more than 2/3 of ordinary shifts span midnight-6am) so the 130% / 155% rates apply rather than 121.7% / 146.7%.
- Call-back minimums are scoped by attendance reason - admin / disciplinary work has a shorter 2-hour minimum on Mon-Sat than the 3-hour general minimum.
- • Security
- • Guarding
- • Monitoring
- • Patrol services
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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We can demo a pay run on the security services 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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