SCHADS Award.

Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 (MA000100) covers social and community services, crisis accommodation, home care, disability services and related industries. Common roles include social work, community development, youth work, welfare work. The most structurally complex award in this set, with five classification streams. Weekend and public holiday penalties are uniform across streams (Saturday 150%, Sunday 200%, public holiday 250%), but overtime differs by stream: social and community services plus crisis accommodation get 150% for the first 3 hours then 200%, while disability, home care and family day care get 150% for the first 2 hours then 200%. Shift loadings are afternoon 112.5% and night 115%, with no separate permanent-night premium. Shiftworkers get a 5th week of annual leave and the higher of 17.5% or the shift penalty as leave loading. Allowances include sleepover, on-call, broken shift, vehicle and per-km, uniform, laundry and first aid. Excludes roles better covered by the Aged Care, Nurses, Children's Services or Health Services awards.

Full-time and part-time employees are paid 150% of the base hourly rate (1.50x) for working on Saturday. Casuals receive 175% (the FT rate plus the 25% casual loading).

FT/PT employees are paid 200% of the base hourly rate (2.00x) for Sunday work. Casuals receive 225% (the FT rate plus the 25% casual loading). This is one of the higher Sunday rates in the modern-award system.

FT/PT employees who work on a gazetted public holiday are paid 250% of the base hourly rate (2.50x). Casuals receive 275% (the FT rate plus the 25% casual loading). Employees who don't work the holiday receive their ordinary day's pay if it would otherwise have been a working day.

Standard full-time employees get 4 weeks of paid annual leave per year under the NES. Shiftworkers as defined in clause 31.2 (more than 4 ordinary hours on 10 or more weekends a year, or 8 or more 24-hour care shifts a year) receive 5 weeks annual leave under NES s.87(1)(b). The 5-week entitlement comes from NES s.87(1)(b), which the SCHADS Award classifies eligibility for. Calculate annual leave accrual →

Shift workers receive the GREATER OF 17.5% leave loading on the minimum hourly rate, OR the shift penalty they would have earned during the period of leave. The award protects shift workers from earning less on leave than they would have working the shifts. Leave loading calculator →

25% on top of the base hourly rate, in lieu of paid annual leave, paid personal leave and notice entitlements. Casual loading is added to the FT/PT rate when a casual works any of the penalty-rate hours above (Saturday, Sunday, public holiday, evening, night).

No. The SCHADS Award does not include a formal RDO accrual cycle. Time off in lieu of overtime (TOIL) may still be available where the employer and employee agree, but it works differently from a formal RDO and is not automatically accrued.

Yes. Under this award, afternoon-shift work attracts 112.5% of the base hourly rate (1.13x); night-shift work attracts 115% of the base hourly rate (1.15x). Casuals receive an additional 25% casual loading on top of these penalty rates.

Pay rates by classification under MA000100 change quarterly with Fair Work Commission Annual Wage Review decisions. The official source is the FWO Pay Calculator, which always reflects the current rates. Open the FWO Pay Calculator →