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Four questions, no account, and nothing uploaded. Every figure shows where it came from — and says plainly when the figure is ours rather than the Commission’s.
The award usually follows the business, not the job title. Six awards are loaded so far, of 156 — if yours is not here yet, this page cannot answer for you.
The level is set by the work, not by a job title an employer chose. Award pages describe each one.
A junior rate changes on a birthday, not at the start of the next pay period. Where a band mentions six months, it means six months with the same employer.
Casual means no guaranteed hours and no paid leave. The loading is paid instead of that leave, not on top of it.
On an enterprise agreement instead
An enterprise agreement replaces the award, but it cannot pay a base rate below the award minimum. Award minimums move every 1 July; agreement rates do not have to, and most agreements on the Commission’s register are past their nominal expiry — which is lawful, and is exactly why the two are worth comparing.
Nothing is uploaded here either. You give the agreement code and the rate you are paid.
On the front of the agreement. Most start with AE; agreements made before 2010 start with AC or AG. If you do not have a copy, the Fair Work Commission publishes every agreement on its own site and your employer must give you access to yours.
The ordinary rate, before penalties, overtime or allowances. If your payslip shows several ordinary lines at different rates, enter the lowest.
76 for a full-time fortnight, 38 for a full-time week.
An agreement replaces the award, but the award still sets the floor underneath it. This page takes your word for which award that is — it has no way to work it out for you.
The level that matches the work you do, under that award rather than under your agreement. The two use different names for the same jobs more often than not.
Award minimums move every 1 July. Agreement rates do not have to. Leaving this blank is fine — it only affects one of the two checks below.
Also free: the self-entry calculator, where you type your own shifts in, and the award pages.