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.
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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