Fitness Industry Award
Covers the fitness industry - gyms, health clubs, personal training studios, swim schools, aquatic centres, indoor sports / dance / martial arts / gymnastics centres, golf driving ranges, tennis clubs and recreational camps. 9 classifications (L1-L7 with L3A and L4A AQF qualification sub-tiers); standard rate is Level 3. The award has an unusually wide span of ordinary hours (Mon-Fri 5am-11pm, Sat-Sun 6am-9pm) and a distinctive casual model: a 25% loading Mon-Fri but a 30% loading on Saturday, Sunday and public holidays - and that loading replaces the FT/PT weekend / PH penalties rather than stacking on top.
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 9 cl. 15.1 classifications at corrected July 2025 figures (Level 1 $922.70 → Level 7 $1,265.60); standard rate set to Level 3 ($1,014.70).
- Junior rates (cl. 15.2) under-17 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 at 55 / 65 / 75 / 85 / 100% - applies to all classifications.
- Cl. 17 wage-related allowances seeded as ALL-PURPOSE: leading hand 1-5 / 6-10 / >10 ($30.44 / $41.60 / $55.81 per week), broken shift ($17.25/day), first aid ($3.25/day).
- Expense allowances: meal-OT ($14.97 after 1.5 hrs OT), motor vehicle / motorcycle ($0.98 / $0.32 per km), broken-shift fares ($2.15/day), uniform reimbursement, travelling fares, sleepover (3 hours' ord pay per 8-hour period, OT after 2 hrs work).
- FT/PT penalty rates: Saturday 125%, Sunday 150%, Public Holiday 250% with 4-hour minimum engagement (cl. 26.3(a)).
- Casual loading 25% Mon-Fri; 30% Sat/Sun/PH (cl. 12.1(b)) modelled to substitute for the FT/PT weekend penalties - Schedule B.2 only publishes two casual columns.
- OT (cl. 19.2) Mon-Sat 150% first 2 hrs / 200% after, Sunday 200%, PH 250% - casual loading correctly excluded from OT (cl. 19.2 NOTE).
- 10-hour rest between shifts with the cl. 19.3(b) ≤3-hour exception encoded; working through meal break = 200% (cl. 14.1(b)).
- All 8 default super funds per cl. 18.4 (substituted by PR794786 ppc 23 Jan 2026): AustralianSuper, CareSuper, Aware Super, Russell Investments Master Trust, Australian Retirement Trust, HOSTPLUS, AMP Super Fund, HESTA.
Known limitations
- Tiered casual minimum engagement (cl. 12.3 - 3 hours default, 1 hour for L2-L5 instructors, trainers, tennis coaches and trainees) is encoded via configuration on top of a 3-hour shift setting; the resolver must consult the employee's classification to apply the 1-hour exception, since the schema can't natively express classification-dependent minimum engagement.
- The sleepover allowance dollar amount depends on the employee's ordinary rate (3 × hourly), so the row is stored at $0 and the payroll engine computes the actual amount at the time of the sleepover.
- MA000104 trainee rates (incorporated by cl. 15.5(b) reference) are not duplicated here - trainees should be paid via the Miscellaneous Award seeder when present.
Setup & special instructions
- Casual employees on Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday get the 30% loading - DO NOT additionally apply the FT/PT 125% / 150% / 250% weekend penalties on top. Schedule B.2 is the source of truth: casuals only have two columns (Mon-Fri 125%, Sat/Sun/PH 130%).
- Junior rates apply to ALL classifications (no L1-3 restriction like Retail). The 20-year-old tier is 100% - same as adult.
- Span of ordinary hours splits weekday vs weekend: Mon-Fri 5am-11pm, Sat-Sun 6am-9pm. Hours outside the span are overtime regardless of weekly hours total.
- Working through a meal break is paid at 200% of the minimum hourly rate (cl. 14.1(b)) - this is a fixed rate, not the OT rate, and applies until a meal break is allowed.
- Public holiday minimum engagement is 4 hours (cl. 26.3(a)); hours immediately before or after a part-day PH that form one continuous shift count toward the 4-hour minimum.
- • Fitness
- • Gyms
- • Personal training
- • Group fitness
- • Aquatic centres
- • Swim schools
- • Tennis coaching
- • Gymnastics
- • Martial arts
- • Dance studios
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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