FeaturesAward interpretation software for hospitality
Our smart, automated system estimates wages, penalties, allowances and overtime for every shift, using the Australian Modern Award rules you configure to support your payroll processes.
What is award interpretation software?
Award interpretation software applies the pay rules in an Australian Modern Award to the hours an employee has actually worked, so wages, penalties, loadings, allowances and overtime are worked out shift by shift instead of by hand.
Built for Australian Modern Awards
Most hospitality and retail staff are covered by a Modern Award published by the Fair Work Commission. What a shift pays depends on the employee's classification, employment type and age, plus the day and time they work.
Every shift costed as you roster
Shiftly estimates what a shift costs while you build the roster, including weekend and public holiday penalties, overtime, casual loading and the allowances you have configured.
You confirm what gets paid
Shiftly is a calculation tool, not a payroll provider. It shows the breakdown behind every estimate so you can check the rates against the award before anyone is paid.
Apply custom pay rates to every shift
Stay on top of payroll
Shiftly's built-in award interpretation software applies the pay rates configured for each employee's Australian Modern Award to every shift. Whether you're managing casuals, part-timers or full-time employees, Shiftly works out what a shift costs and shows the breakdown behind it.
Reduce manual calculations
From penalties to automatic age-based recalculations
Shiftly automatically calculates the following based on your configurations:
- Weekend and public holiday pay
- Early morning and late night penalties
- Break times deducted from hours worked
- Loadings based on classification
- Age-based rate recalculations
- Casual loading on top of the base rate
- Overtime once the award's thresholds are reached
Adjust wages by position
Custom rates for different positions
Shiftly supports position-based pay rates so employees receive a little extra based on the position they work in. Whether an employee works the floor as a waiter or covers bar duties, Shiftly calculates wages using the appropriate rate tied to each role.
Supported Australian Modern Awards
Shiftly currently assists in wage calculations for the following awards:
Restaurant award
MA000119
Hospitality award
MA000009
Fast food award
MA000003
Retail Award
MA000004
Clerks award
MA000002
+ All Fair Work awards
can be configured manually
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Questions, answered
Award interpretation software applies the pay rules in an award to the hours an employee has actually worked, so wages, penalties, loadings, allowances and overtime are worked out shift by shift instead of by hand. In Australia that usually means a Modern Award published by the Fair Work Commission, where what a shift pays depends on the employee's classification, employment type and age, plus the day and time they work.