SCHADS Interpretations in Astalty

Classification – ordinary & penalties

Classify weekday daytime vs afternoon vs night based on time-of-day windows

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Classify Saturday

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Classify Sunday

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Classify Public Holiday

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Broken-shift night downgrade (early-morning leg on broken-shift day has no night loading)

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Different “streams” (e.g. SACS, crisis accommodation) with different OT bands

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Ordinary hours caps & overtime

Daily ordinary cap of 10 hours

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Weekly / fortnight ordinary caps (38h per week / 76h per fortnight)

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Convert excess hours beyond daily/period caps into overtime

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Mon–Sat overtime banding: first 2h at first OT rate, rest at higher OT rate

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Sunday overtime: all OT at Sunday overtime rate

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Public holiday overtime: all OT at PH overtime rate

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Overtime when full-time worker goes beyond rostered ordinary hours but is still under caps

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Broken shifts

Detect 2–3 work periods per day as “broken shifts”

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Broken shift allowance – 1 unpaid break (2 periods)

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Broken shift allowance – 2 unpaid breaks (3 periods)

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Handle days with >3 periods by not applying standard broken-shift allowance

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Double time for work beyond 12-hour span in a broken-shift day

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Sleepovers

Night-time sleepover allowance

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Excludes night-time sleepover itself from ordinary/overtime hours

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Enforce min 4 hours ordinary work before/after a sleepover

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Enforce that sleepover span is 8 hours / qualitative sleep conditions (bed, room, facilities)

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Min 1 hour’s pay for each time worker is called up during sleepover

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24-hour care arrangements (special daily structure)

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Excursion / camp specific pay rules

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Allowances – implemented

First aid allowance (full-time & capped part-time/casual logic)

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Broken shift allowances (1 or 2 unpaid breaks)

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Sleepover allowance

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Kilometre / vehicle allowance (per-km)

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Allowances – not implemented

Uniform / special clothing allowances

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Laundry allowance for uniforms/work clothing

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Clothing damage/soiling reimbursement

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Meal allowance for overtime / recall

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Telephone allowance (home phone required for work/on-call)

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Heat allowance

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Board & lodging arrangements / deductions

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On-call allowance (being on standby, even if no work)

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Travel/accommodation reimbursements beyond per-km (e.g. meals, hotel when away)

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Automatic indexation of allowance dollar values when Award updates

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Remote work / recall / minimum engagements

Minimum shift engagement (e.g. 2-hour minimum)

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Remote work minimum payments (15/30-minute blocks)

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Distinguish remote vs on-site work for different rules

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Recall-to-work minimum 2 hours’ pay

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Breaks & rest periods

Meal break rules (work through meal → overtime until break taken)

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10-hour rest period between overtime and next ordinary shift (or double time until achieved)

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Paid rest / meal breaks during prolonged overtime (and associated meal allowance)

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TOIL & leave

Time-off-in-lieu (TOIL) instead of cash overtime

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Extra annual leave entitlements for shiftworkers

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Annual leave loading for shiftworkers

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Classification & higher duties

Automatic handling of higher-duties pay when acting in higher role

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Determining employee’s Award level / stream (classification decision)

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Other

Full award compliance for day workers (non-shift)

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On-screen rule traces explaining which award logic applied

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