Asphalt Industry Award
Industry award for the asphalt industry - defined at cl 4.2 as roadmaking and the manufacture/preparation/applying/laying/fixing of bitumen emulsion, asphalt emulsion, bitumen or asphalt preparations, hot pre-mixed asphalt, cold paved asphalt and mastic asphalt. 5-level Skill structure (SL1 induction → SL5 plant-in-charge / spray-paving leader), with SL3 ($1,012.70/wk = $26.65/hr) as STANDARD RATE per cl 2 definition. Distinctive features: TWO stacked all-purpose allowances (industry $40.51/wk + inclement weather $41.52/wk - D1, D2), inflating ordinary hourly by $2.16/hr; 4-week cycle with 0.4h/day RDO accrual (D4); RDO worked at Saturday rate (D17); 12-hr shifts by majority agreement (D10); daylight saving on ADJUSTED clock time, NOT actual hours (D11); shiftworker OT FLAT 200% with no first-tier split (D6); shiftworker not-relieved-at-proper-time gets a DIFFERENT 150/200 split (D7); non-successive afternoon/night 150/200 split (D8); permanent night 130% - excluded if employee requests it (D9); Saturday/Sunday OT minimum 4h (HIGHER than 3h recall - D5); cl 18 (substituted PR794072 ppc 10Dec25) does NOT name any default super fund - only obliges employer to make sufficient contributions to avoid SGC (D14).
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 12.4 Skill Levels at corrected July 2025 figures (PR786592 ppc 1Jul25): SL1 $922.70/wk (induction) → SL2 $973.90/wk → SL3 $1,012.70/wk STANDARD RATE (per cl 2 def) → SL4 $1,068.60/wk (multi-skilled) → SL5 $1,077.80/wk (plant in charge / crew leader). Stored hourly is INFLATED by both all-purpose allowances (D1+D2 = +$2.16/hr).
- All cl 17 allowances (PR786592/PR786760 ppc 1Jul25) - TWO ALL-PURPOSE: industry $40.51/wk (D1) + inclement weather $41.52/wk universally payable (D2); first aid $4.05/day; leading hand $35.44/wk; meal OT $19.71/occ (>1.5h after finish or 5.5h+ then every 4h); distant work travel meal $19.71 + en route overnight $97.84 + weekly board+lodging $702.12 + nightly add-on $7.49 + travel time at ord max 8h.
- 31 penalty rows: non-shift OT 150/200 split M-F (Sat 150/200 first-2/after, min 4h - D5), Sun 200% min 4h (D5), PH 250%, casual same %s but applied to casual ord (loading-inc per cl 11.3); 10/8h-rest-after-OT 200% (D15); recall min 3h (cl 19.6(a) - D5); stand-by min 3h (cl 19.6(b) - D5); afternoon/night 115%; non-successive afternoon/night 150/200 first-8h split (D8); permanent night 130% (D9); shiftworker OT FLAT 200% (D6); shiftworker not-relieved 150/200 first-8h split (D7); Saturday shiftworker min 150% (D12); Sunday shiftworker 200%; PH shiftworker 250%; RDO worked at Saturday rate 150/200 (D17); meal-break-interrupted at OT (cl 14.4(a)).
- All 7 leave entitlements: AL 4wk (5wk for 7-day shiftworker per cl 21.2 + NES s.87(1)(b)), 17.5% loading or shiftworker greater of 17.5% / shift penalty (cl 21.3(b)), excessive 8wk (10wk shiftworker - cl 21.5(a)); personal/carer's, compassionate, parental, community service, FDV, LSL.
- 4 pay conditions: Full-Time (38h avg over 4wk cycle, 8h/day, 0.4h/day RDO accrual, non-shift Mon-Fri 6am-6pm, max 10h ord/day, 12h shifts by majority agreement - D10), Part-Time (<38h pro-rata, hours+days agreed in writing - cl 10.3/10.4), Casual (25% all-purpose loading per cl 11.3/11.4, min 4h/engagement per cl 11.2, NES casual conversion per cl 11.7), Shiftworker (avg 38h over 2/3/4 weeks, 152h max in 28d, 8h shifts inc PAID 30min meal, by agreement avg up to 12mo, 0.4h per 8h shift accrual = 1 paid shift off per 20-shift cycle, max 8 shifts in 9 days, FLAT 200% OT - D6, 8h min rest after OT - D15).
- Shift definitions per cl 20.1(a): day 6-10am start, afternoon 10am-8pm start, night 8pm-6am start. Spread by majority agreement extended ±1h (D16). 24h notice to switch to shiftwork (cl 20.8).
- Cl 13A right to disconnect (PR778022 from 26Aug24) with cl 13A.4 stand-by exception (cl 19.6(b)) + cl 13A.5 recall exception (cl 19.6(a)) - D13.
- Cl 16 pay frequency weekly/fortnightly, cash/cheque/EFT, 7-day termination payment, cash kept-waiting at OT rate (cl 16.4(b)).
- ~150 configuration entries (post v2 audit 2026-05-04) documenting 17 distinctive features (D1-D17) plus full cl 2 definitions, cl 7.2 facilitative provisions registry, cl 26A workplace delegate set, cl 30/31 termination + redundancy machinery, IFA / SWS / NTW specifics.
Known limitations
- TWO stacked all-purpose allowances (D1, D2) inflate base hourly at seed time - $2.16/hr added. Resolver must NOT add either allowance again on top of penalty multipliers.
- Shiftworker OT FLAT 200% (D6) requires resolver to detect shiftworker pay condition and apply 2x with no first-tier split.
- Shiftworker not-relieved-at-proper-time penalty (D7, cl 20.5(c)) requires a runtime trigger flag - DIFFERENT from regular shiftworker OT (D6).
- Daylight saving on adjusted clock time (D11) requires runtime payroll engine to compute pay from clock-time delta, not actual elapsed hours.
- Permanent night exclusion when employee requests it (D9, cl 20.2(b)(iv) carve-out) requires per-employee request flag at shift assignment time.
- RDO worked at Saturday rate (D17) requires Saturday-rate lookup, not regular weekday OT split.
- NO named default super fund (D14) - `default_super_funds=[]` is empty array. Customer must nominate a default fund themselves; resolver must NOT attempt to pick a fund from this award.
Setup & special instructions
- Standard rate = Skill Level 3 weekly $1,012.70 = $26.65/hr nominal (cl 2 definition: 'standard rate means the minimum weekly rate for a Skill level 3 in clause 15.1').
- Stored ordinary hourly is INFLATED by both all-purpose allowances: ($40.51 + $41.52)/38 = +$2.1587/hr. SL3 effective stored hourly = $28.81; SL4 = $30.28; SL5 = $30.52.
- Inclement weather allowance (D2) is payable to ALL employees regardless of actual weather per cl 17.2(c)(i) - the disability description uses 'exposed to' but the rate is universal.
- Casual ordinary hourly rate ALREADY includes 25% loading per cl 11.3 (loading is all-purpose per cl 11.4). Penalty multipliers therefore apply to the loading-inclusive base when computing casual penalty pay.
- Saturday/Sunday OT minimum 4h is HIGHER than 3h recall - distinctive (D5). Shiftworker not-relieved penalty (D7) is DIFFERENT split from regular shiftworker OT (D6).
- Cl 18 substituted by PR794072 ppc 10Dec25 - does NOT name any default super fund. Customer must nominate themselves (D14).
- Daylight saving (D11): shift that crosses DST forward is paid 7.5 actual hours but 8.5 paid hours (clock); shift that crosses DST backward = 9.5 actual but 8.5 paid.
- RDO worked (D17, cl 13.3(g)): take one paid day off before end of next cycle AND paid for the day worked at Saturday rate per cl 19.2.
- Cl 13A right-to-disconnect TWO exceptions (D13): cl 13A.4 stand-by (cl 19.6(b)); cl 13A.5 recall (cl 19.6(a)).
- • Asphalt
- • Bitumen
- • Roadmaking
- • Hot pre-mixed asphalt
- • Cold paved asphalt
- • Mastic asphalt
- • Spray crew
- • Paving crew
- • Plant operator (asphalt)
- • Asphalt production
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