Airport Employees Award
Covers airport-OPERATOR employees (distinct from MA000048 which covers airline ground staff). Four streams - Technical Services, Administrative Services, Ground Services, Professional Engineers. Standard rate is TSO Level 1 (annual / 52.1666). Several distinctive features: OT tier break is at 3 hours (not the typical 2), rest period after OT is 8 hours (not 10), and OT eligibility caps at ASO Level 6.
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 35 classifications across the four streams at the July 2025 figures.
- Junior rates for under-18 (60%), 18 (70%) and the higher age bands.
- District allowance with / without dependants - 12 distinct allowance rows for 6 localities (cl. 21.2(d)).
- Tennant Creek air-conditioning subsidy modelled as 4 percentage configs with a Nov-Mar window (cl. 21.3(f)).
- Standard rate divisor 52.1666 captured in configuration (academic-year style rather than 52).
Known limitations
No outstanding gaps at this revision - re-verify on the next Fair Work pay-guide release.
Setup & special instructions
- OT tier break is at 3 hours, not the typical 2 (cl. 23.1(a)). Rest period after OT is 8 hours, not the typical 10 (cl. 23.5(a)).
- Employees at or above ASO Level 6 annual rate are NOT entitled to OT except at employer discretion (cl. 23.4). ASO Level 5 is the cap for higher-duties payment-on-leave, PH-on-RDO extra payment, and the on-call formula reference.
- PE Level 1 progresses through 3 pay points incrementally (cl. 19.1(e)).
- • Airports
- • Airport operators
- • Technical services
- • Professional engineers (airport)
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 airport employees 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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