Paying above the award feels safe until you look closer. The allowances and penalties that sit under the headline rate can quietly pull a strong salary below the floor once the roster is counted. This takes what a role actually does, places it on the right level, then turns it into a weekly and annual salary that clears the award across the whole roster. The rates feed live from the Fair Work database and stay current so the number holds and you can get back to your day.
A level and an hourly rate is the easy half and plenty of free tools stop there. Most people need a number they can put in a contract. So each tool annualises the role, turning the level into a weekly and annual salary that covers the award across the whole roster, with every penalty and loading counted.
Place the role, then hit Annualise. The level and its live rate carry straight into the salary calculator.
Enter the actual roster and it works out the weekly and annual salary, with evening, weekend, public holiday and overtime loadings counted across the year.
It shows what the award would pay for that roster across the year so you can set an all-in weekly or annual salary and know it clears the floor.
Tick what the role does, mark the principal duties and it places the role with a clear, borderline or refer flag and a printable evidence trail.
Base rates feed live from the Fair Work pay database so they update themselves each July. No stale spreadsheet to maintain.
A penalty card for permanent and casual: evening and night, Saturday, Sunday, public holiday and overtime, on the real award multipliers.
Each tool carries the everyday traps for its award, the ones that trip people up beyond the classification itself. You see them up front.
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Every placement prints to a one-page record you can drop into a file, a review or a pay decision, showing the duties, the reasoning and the source.
Choose the award, then the stream where the role sits. Enter the basics.
Tick every task the role performs, then mark the core duties that define it.
It returns the level, the live rate, the penalty card and the compliance traps, ready to print.
Then one more click annualises the role, turning the level into a weekly and annual salary that clears the award across the whole roster.
They pull live from the Fair Work Modern Awards Pay Database every time you use a tool so they reflect the current operative rates, including the annual July increase, without you doing anything.
Yes. Every award tool has a salary calculator built in. Place the role, then annualise it. Enter the roster and it returns the weekly and annual salary that covers the award once evening, weekend, public holiday and overtime loadings are counted across the year so you can set an all-in salary and know it clears what the award would pay.
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No and this matters. First confirm the role is even covered by the award, whether the employer is in the state or federal system and whether an enterprise agreement applies instead. The tools place a role once you know the right award. If you are not sure which award covers you, check that before relying on a placement.
No. It is decision support to help you classify and pay correctly and to keep a record of your reasoning. For a contested or high-risk case, get advice.
Yes. Monthly cancels anytime and runs to the end of the paid month. Annual runs for the year you paid for.
For a few dollars a month you place a role, see what it truly costs and keep a dated record you can stand behind if anyone ever asks. A quiet sense check you keep in your pocket and tax-deductible at that.