Disclaimer: This article is Urhere's plain-language interpretation of how this award is applied in the urhere platform. It is provided as general information only and is not legal advice. Award entitlements can change and can depend on your specific circumstances. You should refer to the current award on the Fair Work Ombudsman website and seek your own professional or legal advice before relying on it.
The Aged Care Award covers employees in the aged care industry (other than nurses and some other separately-covered roles). In urhere it comes as three ready-to-use pay templates for day workers — full-time, part-time, and casual. All streams and levels (general services, food services, direct care) use the same template; only the base rate on the employee record changes.
How rates work in urhere: each employee has a base hourly rate that matches their classification level. The pay templates below apply penalties and overtime as a percentage of that base rate. For casual employees, the 25% casual loading is already included in their base rate. All examples use a base rate of $30.00/hour purely to illustrate the maths.
These templates cover day workers, whose ordinary hours fall between 6:00am and 6:00pm, Monday to Friday. Weekday hours worked outside that span are treated as overtime (see below). Dedicated shift-worker loadings are handled separately.
Pay templates in this award
Pay template | Who it's for |
Aged Care — Full-time (Day Worker) | Permanent full-time day workers |
Aged Care — Part-time (Day Worker) | Permanent part-time day workers |
Aged Care — Casual (Day Worker) | Casual day workers |
Full-time and part-time use the same rates; they differ only in the minimum shift length (see below).
Full-time / Part-time
Ordinary hours
Ordinary hours are Monday–Friday, 6:00am–6:00pm, paid at 100%.
Weekday hours worked outside that span are treated as overtime:
When (Monday–Friday) | Rate |
6:00pm–8:00pm | 150% |
8:00pm–midnight | 200% |
midnight–6:00am | 200% |
Weekend and public holiday rates
When | Rate | Example (base $30/hr) |
Saturday | 150% | $45.00/hr |
Sunday | 175% | $52.50/hr |
Public holiday | 250% | $75.00/hr |
Overtime
When | First 2 hours | After that |
Monday–Friday (after 10 hours in a day) | 150% | 200% |
Saturday & Sunday (after 10 hours in a day) | 200% | 200% |
Public holiday (after 10 hours in a day) | 250% | 250% |
Weekly overtime applies after 38 hours (150%), rising to 200% after 40 hours.
Minimum shift length
Full-time: 4 hours per engagement
Part-time: 2 hours per engagement
Casual
Casual employees include the 25% casual loading in their base rate. The percentages below are applied to that loaded rate.
Ordinary hours
Ordinary hours are Monday–Friday, 6:00am–6:00pm, paid at 100%. Weekday hours outside that span are overtime: 150% (6:00pm–8:00pm), then 200% (8:00pm–6:00am).
Weekend and public holiday rates
When | Rate |
Saturday | 140% |
Sunday | 160% |
Public holiday | 220% |
Overtime
Monday–Friday overtime is 150% for the first 2 hours (after 10 hours in a day), then 200%. Weekend overtime is 200%; public holiday overtime is 250%. Weekly overtime applies after 38 hours (150%), rising to 200% after 40 hours.
Minimum shift length
2 hours per engagement.
What's not included
Shift-worker loadings (for staff engaged as shift workers), sleepover and broken-shift arrangements are handled separately.
Allowances (uniform, laundry, first-aid, on-call, etc.) and higher-duties pay are handled separately.
Rates current as at 1 July 2026. Penalty and overtime percentages follow the Fair Work MA000018 pay guide.