Commercial Sales Award
Covers Commercial Travellers, Merchandisers, Probationary Travellers and Advertising Sales Representatives. 3 classifications, single sector, standard rate Commercial Traveller. Hours of work are flexible - 38h/week averaged over a 28-day cycle on any day of the week (no fixed Mon-Fri span).
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 3 cl. 15.1 classifications at the July 2025 figures, including the Probationary Traveller at 90% of CT (under 3 months service) and the explicit Merchandiser tier.
- Junior rates: under-19 (67.5%), 19 (80%), 20 (90%), 21+ adult.
- Casual loading 25% additive on penalties; 2-hour minimum engagement.
- Allowances: weekend (away from home / HQ) $64.80, living-away-from-home $81.59/wk, motor car $0.98/km, motorcycle $0.33/km, plus reimbursement-only telephone, entertainment, hotel, meals and laundry.
- Hours of work - 38h / week averaged over 28-day cycle (max 152h), max 10h / day.
Known limitations
No outstanding gaps at this revision - re-verify on the next Fair Work pay-guide release.
Setup & special instructions
- Probationary Traveller rate (90% of CT) applies for less than 3 months service - track service tenure to flip employees to the full Commercial Traveller rate at 3 months.
- There are no apprentices - National Training Wage (Schedule E) refers to MA000104.
- There is no fixed Mon-Fri span - ordinary hours can be on any day of the week, max 10h / day, 38h / week averaged.
- • Commercial sales
- • Merchandising
- • Advertising sales
- • Commercial travellers
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 commercial sales 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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