Fitness Industry Award
Covers the fitness industry - gyms, health clubs, personal training studios, swim schools, aquatic centres, indoor sports / dance / martial arts / gymnastics centres, golf driving ranges, tennis clubs and recreational camps. 9 classifications (L1-L7 with L3A and L4A AQF qualification sub-tiers); standard rate is Level 3. The award has an unusually wide span of ordinary hours (Mon-Fri 5am-11pm, Sat-Sun 6am-9pm) and a distinctive casual model: a 25% loading Mon-Fri but a 30% loading on Saturday, Sunday and public holidays - and that loading replaces the FT/PT weekend / PH penalties rather than stacking on top.
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 cl. 15.1 classifications at corrected July 2025 figures (Level 1 $922.70 → Level 7 $1,265.60); standard rate set to Level 3 ($1,014.70).
- Junior rates (cl. 15.2) under-17 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 at 55 / 65 / 75 / 85 / 100% - applies to all classifications.
- Cl. 17 wage-related allowances seeded as ALL-PURPOSE: leading hand 1-5 / 6-10 / >10 ($30.44 / $41.60 / $55.81 per week), broken shift ($17.25/day), first aid ($3.25/day).
- Expense allowances: meal-OT ($14.97 after 1.5 hrs OT), motor vehicle / motorcycle ($0.98 / $0.32 per km), broken-shift fares ($2.15/day), uniform reimbursement, travelling fares, sleepover (3 hours' ord pay per 8-hour period, OT after 2 hrs work).
- FT/PT penalty rates: Saturday 125%, Sunday 150%, Public Holiday 250% with 4-hour minimum engagement (cl. 26.3(a)).
- Casual loading 25% Mon-Fri; 30% Sat/Sun/PH (cl. 12.1(b)) modelled to substitute for the FT/PT weekend penalties - Schedule B.2 only publishes two casual columns.
- OT (cl. 19.2) Mon-Sat 150% first 2 hrs / 200% after, Sunday 200%, PH 250% - casual loading correctly excluded from OT (cl. 19.2 NOTE).
- 10-hour rest between shifts with the cl. 19.3(b) ≤3-hour exception encoded; working through meal break = 200% (cl. 14.1(b)).
- All 8 default super funds per cl. 18.4 (substituted by PR794786 ppc 23 Jan 2026): AustralianSuper, CareSuper, Aware Super, Russell Investments Master Trust, Australian Retirement Trust, HOSTPLUS, AMP Super Fund, HESTA.
Known limitations
- Tiered casual minimum engagement (cl. 12.3 - 3 hours default, 1 hour for L2-L5 instructors, trainers, tennis coaches and trainees) is encoded via configuration on top of a 3-hour shift setting; the resolver must consult the employee's classification to apply the 1-hour exception, since the schema can't natively express classification-dependent minimum engagement.
- The sleepover allowance dollar amount depends on the employee's ordinary rate (3 × hourly), so the row is stored at $0 and the payroll engine computes the actual amount at the time of the sleepover.
- MA000104 trainee rates (incorporated by cl. 15.5(b) reference) are not duplicated here - trainees should be paid via the Miscellaneous Award seeder when present.
Setup & special instructions
- Casual employees on Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday get the 30% loading - DO NOT additionally apply the FT/PT 125% / 150% / 250% weekend penalties on top. Schedule B.2 is the source of truth: casuals only have two columns (Mon-Fri 125%, Sat/Sun/PH 130%).
- Junior rates apply to ALL classifications (no L1-3 restriction like Retail). The 20-year-old tier is 100% - same as adult.
- Span of ordinary hours splits weekday vs weekend: Mon-Fri 5am-11pm, Sat-Sun 6am-9pm. Hours outside the span are overtime regardless of weekly hours total.
- Working through a meal break is paid at 200% of the minimum hourly rate (cl. 14.1(b)) - this is a fixed rate, not the OT rate, and applies until a meal break is allowed.
- Public holiday minimum engagement is 4 hours (cl. 26.3(a)); hours immediately before or after a part-day PH that form one continuous shift count toward the 4-hour minimum.
- • Fitness
- • Gyms
- • Personal training
- • Group fitness
- • Aquatic centres
- • Swim schools
- • Tennis coaching
- • Gymnastics
- • Martial arts
- • Dance studios
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.
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