Local Government Industry Award
Covers employees of local government employers - councils, shires, regional councils - including administrative, operational, community services, recreation centre and childcare employees. Three sectors based on weekend penalty handling (general, community_services_recreation, childcare). 11 levels shared across all three sectors. Standard rate Level 4. Apprentices ARE included.
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 11 cl. 15.1 levels at the July 2025 figures, mirrored across all three sectors.
- Junior rates: 5 age bands from under-17 (55%) through 20 (95%).
- 4-year and 3-year apprentice rates anchored to Level 4, pre-2014 (no Y12 split) and post-2014 (with Y12 split).
- Span of ordinary hours varies by work area - general default Mon-Fri 6am-6pm; 11 extended-span work areas at Mon-Sun 5am-10pm; libraries Mon-Sun 8am-9pm; customer service centres Mon-Sun 6am-6pm; childcare Mon-Fri 6am-7pm only (no weekends).
- 120% Mon-Fri-outside-span weekday penalty (cl. 22.1). Maximum ordinary hours per day = 10 (or 12 by agreement).
Known limitations
No outstanding gaps at this revision - re-verify on the next Fair Work pay-guide release.
Setup & special instructions
- Each employee must be assigned a sector - general, community_services_recreation, or childcare - to drive the right weekend-penalty regime.
- Childcare sector has no weekend ordinary hours possible - span is Mon-Fri only (cl. 13.1(h)).
- Community services and recreation centres weekend penalties only apply BEFORE 5am or AFTER 10pm (cl. 22.3) - outside that window, ordinary rate applies.
- Span of ordinary hours varies by work area within a sector - assign the work-area attribute on each employee to drive the right span.
- • Local government
- • Councils
- • Community services
- • Recreation centres
- • Council childcare
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 local government 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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