Amusement, Events and Recreation Award
Two-sector award (general vs exhibition) with sector-scoped penalties - general sector treats Saturday as ordinary hours, exhibition has its own loading-inclusive rates and a different overtime regime. Both sectors have full classifications, allowances, penalties, apprentice rates (4-year + adult, with pre/post 2014 and Y12 splits) and junior rates wired to the resolver.
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 general-sector and exhibition-sector classifications + rates.
- Exhibition loading-inclusive rates per Schedule C - the all-purpose flexible/supervisory loadings (cl. 18.2(b)) are baked in, so the resolver doesn't double-count.
- Sector-scoped penalties - general sector public holiday is 2.5x (cl. 20.6(b)), exhibition is 2.0x (cl. 26.2).
- Saturday ordinary-rate rule for the general sector (cl. 13.5).
- Exhibition overtime triggers - >12-hour shift, >56-hour week, >76-hour two-week roster (cl. 20.7(a)).
- Apprentices: 4-year and adult, pre-2014 and post-2014, with Y12-completed split where the award differentiates.
- Junior rates.
Known limitations
- AwardShiftSetting doesn't yet have a sector dimension - exhibition-specific shift limits (12h shift / 56h week / 76h roster) are tracked via AwardConfiguration keys instead. Functionally identical, but a future schema change may move them onto AwardShiftSetting directly.
Setup & special instructions
- Each employee must be assigned a sector - general or exhibition - before pay run. The sector controls penalties, the overtime regime, and which allowance set applies.
- Exhibition employees use a different overtime model: shift-based (>12h), weekly-based (>56h) and roster-based (>76h per fortnight) - NOT the standard daily 38-hour-a-week trigger.
- Saturday is paid at ordinary rate for general-sector employees - no penalty applies (this is correct per cl. 13.5).
- • Events
- • Theme parks
- • Recreation
- • Exhibitions
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 amusement, events & recreation 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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