Which penalty rates the SCHADS rules apply to evening, night, weekend and public holiday work, how public holidays are picked by state, and how to check a line’s penalties.
Before you begin
- You need View pay rules.
- Shifts need a work state (from the house, the branch’s region or the worker’s pay profile) for public holidays to apply.
Read the penalty table
- Go to Time → SCHADS pay rules and open Penalties and overtime.
- Each row shows the Permanent and Casual percentage of the base rate, the Pay category it produces and the Clause.
- In the pack loaded today: Afternoon shift (finishes after 20:00 and by midnight), Night shift (finishes after midnight or starts before 06:00), Saturday, Sunday and Public holiday.
- Afternoon and night rates apply Monday to Friday; Saturday, Sunday and public holiday rates apply to the hours that fall on that day.
Penalties and overtime tab listing Ordinary, Afternoon shift, Night shift, Saturday, Sunday and Public holiday with permanent and casual percentages
Check public holidays
- Open the Public holidays tab.
- Choose the State and Year. Each holiday shows its date and source (Award pack or Added by you); upcoming ones may show Provisional.
- A shift crossing midnight into a public holiday is split, so only the hours on the holiday get the public holiday rate.
Check a line’s penalties
- On Time → Approve timesheets, filter Pay category to, for example, Sunday or Public holiday.
- Open a line. Pay calculation shows each category with its percentage in brackets and the clause.
- If a holiday rate is missing, look for the blue note No work state, so public holidays were not checked.
Tips
- Penalty pay categories show in blue in the Pay categories column.
- Use Test a shift with State (public holidays) to see how a shift on a holiday in another state is paid.
If something goes wrong
A shift finishing at 21:00 on a weekday shows ordinary hours only
Check the work blocks: afternoon applies when the shift finishes after 20:00. If the payable finish was rounded or edited earlier, the rate changes. Open the line and check Paid.
The holiday list is empty for a state
Holidays for that year may not be loaded in the award pack yet. Contact support.