Marine Towage Award
Industry award covering marine towage (tugs and harbour towage). Distinctive features include 35-hour week (D1), 168-day combined leave entitlement, special voyage daily rates, annualised wage option, insurance reimbursements, casual special voyage greater-of, personal effects loss caps, accident pay 52 weeks, PH dual rate, two-resumption continuous payment rule, travelling time treated as time worked. All classification rates, special voyage rates, allowance amounts cross-checked line-by-line - zero drift on any figure. Cl 30 has DISTINCTIVE termination notice tiers that override NES (D13/D14): officers vs ratings, 2/6/8 weeks employer notice depending on tenure.
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 classification rates verified at 1 July 2025 figures - zero drift.
- Special voyage daily rates + casual special voyage greater-of comparator.
- All allowances incl insurance reimbursements and personal effects loss caps.
- PH dual rate, two-resumption continuous payment, travelling time as worked.
- Cl 30 employer-to-employee notice tiers (D13): ≤1yr=2 wks / >1yr-<4yr=6 wks / ≥4yr=8 wks (overrides NES - under-payment risk if engine falls through to NES).
- Cl 30.5 employee-to-employer notice (D14) classification-dependent: officers (Mate/Master/Engineer) 2 wks; ratings (Rating/GPR) 1 wk.
- Cl 30.3 return-to-home-port obligation (D15) - employer must convey employee back to home port unless termination is for misconduct.
- All 3 default super funds per cl 25.4 (substituted PR794746 ppc 23 Jan 2026): HOSTPLUS, AMP Super Fund, Australian Retirement Trust.
- Cl 12A right to disconnect with no specific carve-outs.
- ~75 configuration entries documenting 15 distinctive features (D1-D15).
Known limitations
- Cl 30 termination notice tiers (D13/D14) are application-level - payroll/termination engine MUST use these, not fall through to NES baseline.
- Special voyage rate selector is per-engagement - resolver must compare standard vs special voyage rate and apply greater-of for casuals.
- Insurance reimbursements, personal effects loss caps, and accident pay 52-week cap are per-event - captured via configuration; engine processes claims at event time.
Setup & special instructions
- 35-hour ordinary working week (D1) - distinct from 38hr default in most awards.
- Cl 30 employer notice OVERRIDES NES - use 2/6/8 weeks per tenure tier, NOT 1/2/3/4 weeks NES default.
- Cl 30.5 employee notice depends on classification: 2 weeks for officers (Mate/Master/Engineer); 1 week for ratings.
- Casual special voyage rate is greater-of standard casual rate vs special voyage rate (D7).
- PH dual rate + two-resumption continuous payment rule (D9/D11) - apply correct PH rate per timing.
- Travelling time treated as time worked (D12).
- 3 default super funds per cl 25.4 PR794746 ppc 23Jan26: HOSTPLUS, AMP Super Fund, Australian Retirement Trust.
- • Marine towage
- • Tug boats
- • Harbour towage
- • Marine services
- • Tug crew
- • Mate
- • Master
- • Marine engineer
- • Rating
- • GPR
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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