See how Modern Award penalty loadings — Saturday, Sunday, public holiday, evening and casual loading — stack on top of a base rate. Enter a base rate and hours by day type for an instant estimate. No login.
Penalty rates verified July 2025 · Fair Work Act 2009; Fair Work Commission Modern Awards
Estimate only — not payroll or legal advice. Underpayment in Australia carries serious penalties, and award rates change annually. This tool illustrates how penalty loadings apply to a rate you enter; it does not guarantee accuracy or compliance. Confirm with Fair Work Australia or your payroll provider before paying staff.
Hours by day type
Enter hours by day type to see the breakdown.
Estimate only — not payroll or legal advice. This tool applies the award’s penalty multipliers (verified July 2025) to a base rate you enter. It does not include overtime tiers, allowances, classifications, or your employee’s actual award wage. Confirm every figure with Fair Work Australia or your payroll provider before paying staff.
One shift is a start. Schedaddle reads your Modern Award and shows the loaded penalty-rate cost of a whole roster — every clocked shift classified into its band, casual loading and overtime applied, per employee and per store. Pay per location, not per head.
It is an estimate-only illustration. It applies the Modern Award’s penalty multipliers (Saturday, Sunday, public holiday, evening and casual loading) to a base rate you enter — it does not store award minimum wages, overtime tiers, allowances, or classifications. Always confirm pay with Fair Work Australia or your payroll provider.
Award minimum wages depend on the employee’s classification and change every year, so the tool does not hard-code them. You enter the base hourly rate (from the Fair Work pay calculator) and the tool shows how the penalty loadings stack on top.
Rates are reviewed annually in the Fair Work Commission Annual Wage Review and take effect on 1 July each year. The penalty multipliers used here were verified July 2025.
General information only — not legal or payroll advice. Penalty rates carry classifications, allowances, and coverage tests this page does not evaluate, and they change annually. Confirm the current figures with the Fair Work Ombudsman, Fair Work Commission, or your payroll provider before paying staff.