Labour Market Assistance Industry Award
Covers the labour market assistance industry — work placement, job searching, personal support, vocational training and related welfare-sector services delivered by arrangement or contract with federal and state governments to assist persons seeking employment. 7 classifications across 30 pay-point rate rows. Standard rate is Administrative Assistant Pay Point 2.
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.
What's built
- All 7 classifications with their pay points — Administrative Assistant (4 PPs), Administrative Officer (4 PPs), Employment Services Officer Grade 1 (3 PPs), Grade 2 (5 PPs) and additional senior tiers.
- Casual loading 33.3% default per cl. 11.3(a) or 25% alternative per cl. 11.3(b).
- Casual minimum engagement 2 hours; casuals only engaged for work of an intermittent or unexpected nature (cl. 11.1).
- Sessional minimum hourly rate set at the casual rate of ESO Grade 1 PP3 (cl. 12.3).
Known limitations
No outstanding gaps at this revision — re-verify on the next Fair Work pay-guide release.
Setup & special instructions
- Casual loading is 33.3% by default (cl. 11.3(a)) — NOT the typical 25%. The 25% alternative under cl. 11.3(b) applies only when specific conditions are met. Confirm which loading applies before pay run.
- Coverage excludes employers covered by the Supported Employment Services Award.
- • Labour market assistance
- • Employment services
- • Vocational training
- • Welfare-sector services
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 labour market assistance 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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