Waste Management Award
Covers residential and commercial waste collection, recycling, transfer stations, landfill operations, hazardous waste and street cleaning. Single industry-wide scope - no sectors, no engagements, no sub-levels. 9 levels (standard rate Level 5). The industry allowance ($3.09/hr) is already baked into the published base rates per the pay-guide note.
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 levels at the published rates (industry allowance baked in).
- Junior rates: under-19 at 70% (mapped to junior_16_and_under), 19-year-old at 80%, 20-year-old as adult.
- Penalty rates including the distinctive 300% rate for Good Friday and Christmas Day (separate from the general PH 250%), Christmas-on-Saturday tiered structure, and the 50% loading variant for substituted PHs.
- Casual overtime per cl. 19.2 (160% / 210%), recall minimums (3h first / 2h subsequent), Sat / Sun min 4h, RDO cycle and TOIL.
- All 9 cl. allowances including industry (all-purpose, baked in), boat, per-day first-aid (unusual - most awards have per-week first-aid), three leading-hand tiers, meal, daily transport and post-OT transport.
Known limitations
No outstanding gaps at this revision - re-verify on the next Fair Work pay-guide release.
Setup & special instructions
- Industry allowance is flagged as all-purpose but is ALREADY baked into the published rates - the resolver does not add it on top. The configuration `industry_allowance_baked_in: true` flags this; the row is stored for transparency.
- First-aid allowance is per-DAY ($5.34), not per-week as in most awards.
- Good Friday and Christmas Day attract 300% (Triple Time) - distinct from the general PH 250%.
- There are no apprentices in this award - waste management is not a recognised apprenticeship trade.
- • Waste management
- • Recycling
- • Landfill operations
- • Street cleaning
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 waste management 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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