A simple look at the Award Rate Changes and how they will impact your specific hospitality venue
Are you employing staff under any of these Awards?
- Fast Food Industry Award
- Hospitality Award
- Restaurant Award
- Registered Clubs Award
If you are a Café, Restaurant, Hotel, Take-away shop, or Licensed Club owner or operator, please be aware that the Fair Work Commission varied certain overtime rates and minimum shift entitlements for casual and part-time employees from the first full pay period on or after 1 January 2018.
Please click on this link for more details: https://www.fairwork.gov.au/about-us/news-and-media-releases/website-news/changes-to-casual-part-time-entitlements-in-some-awards
Fast Food Award
Casual employees now have an entitlement to overtime pay.
They get overtime when working:
- more than 38 hours per week, or an average of 38 hours per week over a roster cycle
- more than 11 hours on any day.
If you have questions on how to apply these entitlement changes to your staff, please contact the Brisan via our enquiry form.
Hospitality Award
Part-time employees
What you should know:
- Part-time employees are defined as staff engaged for a minimum of 8 hours and less than 38 ordinary hours per week over a roster cycle.
- Employers and employees must agree on the minimum number of hours to be worked each week and the times the employee is available to work.
- Part-time employees can be rostered for additional hours during their availability period without getting payment for overtime.
A part-time employee who regularly works additional hours for 12 months may ask to increase their guaranteed hours. Employers may only refuse on reasonable business grounds.Casual employees.
Casual employees now have an entitlement to overtime pay.
They get overtime when working:
- more than 38 hours per week, or an average of 38 hours per week over a roster cycle (which may not exceed 4 weeks)
- more than 12 hours per day.
Is your roster management keeping costs to a minimum? Contact Brisan today, to enquire about our Roster Optimisation and Profit Improvement services.
Restaurant Award
Part-time employees
What you should know:
Part-time employees are engaged for a minimum of 8 hours and less than 38 ordinary hours per week over a roster cycle.
- Employers and employees must agree on the minimum number of hours to be worked each week, and the times the employee is available to work.
- Part-time employees can be rostered for additional hours during their availability period without getting payment for overtime.
- A part-time employee who regularly works additional hours for 12 months may ask to increase their guaranteed hours. Employers may only refuse on reasonable business grounds.
Casual employees
Casual employees now have an entitlement to overtime pay
They get overtime when working:
- more than 38 hours per week, or an average of 38 hours per week over a roster cycle (which may not exceed 4 weeks)
- more than 12 hours per day or shift.
Casuals may also be entitled to a meal allowance when working overtime.
Are you managing the payroll requirement of your part-time and casual staff correctly? Contact Brisan for a no-obligation consultation if you’d like input from a hospitality specialist
Registered Clubs Award
Part-time employees
What you should know:
- Part-time employees are engaged for a minimum of 8 hours and less/fewer than 38 ordinary hours per week over a roster cycle.
- Employers and employees must agree on the minimum number of hours to be worked each week, and the times the employee is available to work.
- Part-time employees can be rostered for additional hours during their availability period without getting payment for overtime.
- A part-time employee who regularly works additional hours for 12 months may ask to increase their guaranteed hours. Employers may only refuse on reasonable business grounds.
Casual employees
Casual employees now have an entitlement to overtime pay.
They get overtime when working:
- more than 38 hours per week, or an average of 38 hours per week over a roster cycle (which may not exceed 4 weeks)
- more than 12 hours per day or shift.
Casuals may also be entitled to a meal allowance when working overtime.
Are you certain that your current payroll system is keeping up to date with the ongoing Award changes? Contact Brisan for a no-obligation appointment to chat about your current payroll management and how stronger management of your systems can save you time and money
