Waste Management Award
Covers residential and commercial waste collection, recycling, transfer stations, landfill operations, hazardous waste and street cleaning. Single industry-wide scope - no sectors, no engagements, no sub-levels. 9 levels (standard rate Level 5). The industry allowance ($3.09/hr) is already baked into the published base rates per the pay-guide note.
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.
What's built
- All 9 levels at the published rates (industry allowance baked in).
- Junior rates: under-19 at 70% (mapped to junior_16_and_under), 19-year-old at 80%, 20-year-old as adult.
- Penalty rates including the distinctive 300% rate for Good Friday and Christmas Day (separate from the general PH 250%), Christmas-on-Saturday tiered structure, and the 50% loading variant for substituted PHs.
- Casual overtime per cl. 19.2 (160% / 210%), recall minimums (3h first / 2h subsequent), Sat / Sun min 4h, RDO cycle and TOIL.
- All 9 cl. allowances including industry (all-purpose, baked in), boat, per-day first-aid (unusual - most awards have per-week first-aid), three leading-hand tiers, meal, daily transport and post-OT transport.
Known limitations
No outstanding gaps at this revision - re-verify on the next Fair Work pay-guide release.
Setup & special instructions
- Industry allowance is flagged as all-purpose but is ALREADY baked into the published rates - the resolver does not add it on top. The configuration `industry_allowance_baked_in: true` flags this; the row is stored for transparency.
- First-aid allowance is per-DAY ($5.34), not per-week as in most awards.
- Good Friday and Christmas Day attract 300% (Triple Time) - distinct from the general PH 250%.
- There are no apprentices in this award - waste management is not a recognised apprenticeship trade.
- • Waste management
- • Recycling
- • Landfill operations
- • Street cleaning
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 waste management 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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