Commercial Sales Award
Covers Commercial Travellers, Merchandisers, Probationary Travellers and Advertising Sales Representatives. 3 classifications, single sector, standard rate Commercial Traveller. Hours of work are flexible - 38h/week averaged over a 28-day cycle on any day of the week (no fixed Mon-Fri span).
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 3 cl. 15.1 classifications at the July 2025 figures, including the Probationary Traveller at 90% of CT (under 3 months service) and the explicit Merchandiser tier.
- Junior rates: under-19 (67.5%), 19 (80%), 20 (90%), 21+ adult.
- Casual loading 25% additive on penalties; 2-hour minimum engagement.
- Allowances: weekend (away from home / HQ) $64.80, living-away-from-home $81.59/wk, motor car $0.98/km, motorcycle $0.33/km, plus reimbursement-only telephone, entertainment, hotel, meals and laundry.
- Hours of work - 38h / week averaged over 28-day cycle (max 152h), max 10h / day.
Known limitations
No outstanding gaps at this revision - re-verify on the next Fair Work pay-guide release.
Setup & special instructions
- Probationary Traveller rate (90% of CT) applies for less than 3 months service - track service tenure to flip employees to the full Commercial Traveller rate at 3 months.
- There are no apprentices - National Training Wage (Schedule E) refers to MA000104.
- There is no fixed Mon-Fri span - ordinary hours can be on any day of the week, max 10h / day, 38h / week averaged.
- • Commercial sales
- • Merchandising
- • Advertising sales
- • Commercial travellers
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 commercial sales 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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