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The final Determination for the Fast Food Industry Award has been published with the new base hourly rates that will take effect from 1 December 2026.

Tanda Compliance Team is currently in the process of updating the FFIA Managed Template to align with the Determination.

Further communications will be sent once the new rates are live in the product.

The final Determination for the General Retail Industry Award has been published with the new base hourly rates that will take effect from 1 December 2026.

Tanda Compliance Team is currently in the process of updating the GRIA Managed Template to align with the Determination.

Further communications will be sent once the new rates are live in the product.

While the final Determination has been published for the Pharmacy Industry Award 2020, the body of the Award does not set out the rounding for each junior hourly rate. Clause 16 of the Award only sets out the minimum hourly rates for adult employees.

At this time we are waiting for the updated Fair Work Ombudsman Pay Guide to be published with new minimum hourly rates for junior employees. Once published, the new rates for junior employees aged between 18 and 20 years old will be updated the Tanda PIA Managed Template.

Additional communications will be sent when the new rates are live in the product.

For Tanda Payroll clients, the changes to junior rates will update automatically in payroll for any employees on one of the Managed Award Templates.

The new earnings rates for the new 'Employed for more than 6 months' base rates will be created in Tanda Payroll after creation of the first pay run after the effective date.

For Xero and MYOB AccountRight Live clients, base rates update automatically through Tanda's integration with these providers.

The rates will be updated upon export of the first finalised pay period after the new rates have come into effect.

No further action is required, however, you should confirm that the updates have occurred as expected before finalising your first pay run after the change.

At the beginning of the first full pay period commencing on or after 1 December 2026, follow the steps below to match the rates in your payroll software to the rates in Tanda:

1. Generate a report of the new base hourly rates in Tanda. To do this navigate to Compliance > Award Template > click Manage next to the applicable modern award:

In the settings for each Manage Award Template, you will find a payroll configuration report button. For example, please see the below button for the integration with CloudPayroll:

2. Then update the base hourly rates in your payroll software to match the new base hourly rates contained in the Payroll Configuration Report.

3. If you currently export base rates via your payroll integration, you will also need to add new export codes that correspond to the new junior rates into the Payroll Configuration settings for each applicable Managed Template.

To do this navigate to Compliance > Award Template > click Manage next to the applicable modern award > under Payroll Configuration click on Configure for payroll:

A variation of the below form will then display for export code population. What the fields available for population will be dependant on your payroll integration.

The Overriding hourly rate field in the employee profile is often used to pay above award rates:

While the 18 to 20 year old junior rates under the applicable Managed Award Templates will be updated in line with the Fair Work Commission's determinations, if an overriding hourly rate has been entered the employee will continue to be paid this rate after the effective date. Tanda will not update an overriding hourly rate. It is the responsibility of the employer to manage overriding hourly rates.

To report on employees that have an overriding hourly rate entered, the Employment Conditions Report can be exported.

To use this tool navigate to Workforce > Staff > Tools > Manage Employment Conditions:

​The HOURLY RATE in the CSV export will indicate any employee with an overriding hourly rate entered.

This tool can also be used to schedule change to employee Pay Conditions, including the increase of overriding hourly rates.

To be altered when an employee has an overriding hourly rate that is less than the award hourly rate, the below Pay Check can be utilised:

To automatically facilitate the increases for adult junior employees, the increased hourly rates will be added as new award rules and allowances in the Managed Templates.

We recommended reviewing any IFAs set up in Tanda whenever there is a variation to the corresponding modern award and determine whether any of the new award rules need to be added to the list of rules disabled by the previously configured IFA tag.

For further information on the IFA feature please see Individual Flexibility Agreements (IFAs) Explained.

Yes, the updated rates for junior employees will also be automated via the Higher Duties Builder in the Tanda Managed Templates.

Once the updates rates are effective in your account, the higher duty jumps configured in the Managed Template will also update to include the new rates in the automation.

No additional action will be required if you are using Tanda Payroll.

If you are using Xero or MYOB AccountRight Live, new earnings rates will be generated to account for the new multipliers required to automate the increase from one new rate to another. These new earnings rates will update in Xero or MYOB AccountRight Live upon export of the first finalised pay period after the new rates have come into effect.

For other payroll systems, if you currently export base rates via your payroll integration you will need to add new export codes into the Payroll Configuration settings for the new junior base rates and higher duties rates for each applicable Managed Template.

To do this navigate to Compliance > Award Template > click Manage next to the applicable modern award > under Payroll Configuration click on Configure for payroll:

A variation of the below form will then display for export code population. What the fields available for population will be dependant on your payroll integration.

If you have an enterprise agreement facilitated in Tanda via custom award rules, it is your responsibility to maintain the hourly rates and pay conditions.

We have prepared a short video with steps on how to implement the junior rates changes for custom award rules including how to automate the pay increase when a junior employee has been employed for more than six months.