To utilise the Amusement, Events and Recreation Award Managed Template in your account you will first need to enable the Managed Template.

To do this navigate to Time & Attendance > Compliance > Award Template > Apply Template:

Select the relevant payroll system if you have not already enabled an integration:

Under 'Apply an Award' navigate to Amusement, Events and Recreation > click Enable.

Once the Award Template has been enabled you have the option to add staff to the award via the + Add Staff to Award button:

If you would like to review/ update the settings in your account including automatic breaks and public holidays, please see the article Configuring Settings.

To pay an employee under a Managed Template, you will need to configure their employee profile with both an Employment Type and a Classification/ Level.

To classify an employee under the Amusement, Events and Recreation Award Managed Template, navigate to Workforce > Staff > (Employee Name) > Pay Conditions.

Under Industry award select Amusement, Events and Recreation:

An Employment Type is a tag that associates the applicable pay conditions (award rules) such as penalties and overtime to an employee. An example of this kind of tag is Full Time.

The Employment Types that are available in the Managed template will populate via the drop-downs for each selection:

The below employment types are available in the Amusement, Events and Recreation Managed Template:

For further details on how the 10 Hour Day, 12 Hour Day, 8 Hour Break and 12 Hour Day + 8 Hour Break employment types diverge from the general employment types, please see below:

A Classification/ Level is the tag that will pay the employee their base rate which all penalties and overtime is calculated off. An example of this tag is 'Grade 1'.

The below Classification/Level tags are configured in the Managed Template:

The Classification/ Levels that are available in the Managed template will populate via the drop-downs for each selection:

Please see the below example of a Full Time employee configured to be paid at the Grade 2 base rate:

Please see the Salaried Staff article here for information specific to configuring salaried staff in Tanda.

The above Classifications/ Levels tags are configured per the rounding details provided in the Fair Work Ombudsman Pay Guide for the Amusement, Events and Recreation Award 2020.

These base rates are increased in line with the Pay Guide annually and the new rates will always take effect from the date set down by the Fair Work Commission.

Clause 10 of the Amusement, Events and Recreation Award details specific provisions for Part Time employees.

Per clause 10.3 Part Time employees are to have an agreed regular pattern of work in place upon engagement.

This agreed regular pattern of work can be configured and managed in Tanda. Please see below for further details.

📜 10. Part-time employees

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10.3 At the time of engagement the employer and the part-time employee will agree in writing on a regular pattern of work, specifying at least:

(a) the hours worked each day;

(b) which days of the week the employee will work; and

(c) the actual starting and finishing times each day.

10.4 Any agreed variation to the regular pattern of work in clause 10.3 will be recorded in writing.

We recommend enabling Shift Acceptance to manage Part Time compliance in Tanda. For more information on how the Shift Acceptance feature works and how to enable the setting please see below:

If employees are paid a base rate higher than the Award rate, enter the employee's base rate in the highlighted field below. This will override the rate in the system, and penalty rates and overtime will be calculated from this new rate.

For further information please see the Pay Above Template article.

When setting up the employee's profile please ensure their date of birth has been entered correctly. Tanda will automatically use the date of birth on the profile to determine the applicable base rate.

📜 16.2 Junior employee rates

The minimum rates for junior employees other than apprentices will be the following percentages of the adult rates prescribed for the classification appropriate to the work performed:

The junior rates detailed in clause 16.2 will apply automatically based on the date of birth entered on the employee profile.

For example, if an employee is 16 Years of age, Tanda will automatically apply the correct rate for the classification. Please see the below:

Junior rates are configured with age-driven functionality, this means that when a Junior employee has a birthday resulting in a change to their hourly rate, the rate in Tanda will automatically update on their birthday.

For further information on setting up your employees in Tanda please see the article Assign Payroll Classifications to Staff.

Under the Amusement, Events and Recreation Award an employer is required to pay an employee who performs duties of a higher classification at the higher classification rate.

If the employee performs the higher duties for more than 4 hours, they are entitled to be paid at the higher classification rate for the whole day and if up to 4 hours they are entitled to be paid the higher classification rate for the hours worked.

📜 16.4 Higher Duties

(a) An employee required to perform work at a higher classification than their ordinary classification for more than 4 hours on any day must be paid at the higher rate for all hours worked on that day.

(b) An employee required to perform work at a higher classification than their ordinary classification for up to 4 hours on any day must be paid at the higher rate for all time worked at the higher classification.

There are two options for configuring higher duties in Tanda:

To learn how to set up higher duties for the Amusement, Events and Recreation Award please see Automatically Pay Employees a Higher Rate When Working in Another Team.

The Amusement, Events and Recreation Award details provisions for making changes to a roster.

In Tanda, the shift acceptance feature can be used to notify employees of roster changes and can be used as a record that confirms an employee's agreement to a change. For more information on the Shift Acceptance feature please see here.

For further information on rostering in Tanda please see the article collection of Rostering here.

Automatic penalty rates will populate in the timesheet for hours worked based on the configuration of the employee in Tanda.

Specific examples of the automated penalty conditions under the Amusement, Events and Recreation Award Managed Template are detailed below:

📜 20. Overtime and Penalty Rates

20.1 All time worked by any full-time or part-time employee in excess of the rostered working hours on any one day, or in excess of an average of 38 hours per week in any roster cycle as provided for in clause 13.1, will be overtime. In accordance with clause 11.3, all time worked by a casual employee in excess of 10 hours in one day or 38 hours in one week will be overtime.

20.2 Overtime as defined in clause 20.1 will be paid as follows:

(a) 150% of the ordinary hourly rate for the first 3 hours; and

(b) 200% of the ordinary hourly rate after 3 hours

20.3 The casual loading prescribed by clause 11.4(b) will not be paid for overtime hours worked.

20.4 Employees will be entitled to a break of at least 10 hours between shifts.

20.5 Where an employee is required by the employer to resume work without having a break of at least 10 hours between shifts, they will be paid 200% of the ordinary hourly rate for all time worked until they have had a break from work of at least 10 hours, or 8 hours by agreement.

Full Time Employees:

The below overtime conditions have an automatic application in Tanda for Full Time employees:

Part Time Employees:

The below overtime conditions have an automatic application in Tanda for Part Time employees:

Casual Employees

The below overtime conditions have an automatic application Tanda for Casual employees:

Specific examples of the automated overtime conditions under the Amusement, Events and Recreation Award are detailed below:

📜 20.7 Special provisions for Exhibition Employees

(a) Clauses 20.1, 20.2, 20.4, 20.5 and 20.6 will not apply to exhibition employees.

(b) For all work performed in excess of 12 hours in a shift, or 56 hours in a week, an exhibition employee will be paid 200% of the ordinary hourly rate.

(c) All hours worked in excess of 76 in a 2 week roster cycle will be paid for at 150% of the ordinary hourly rate for the first 24 hours worked and 200% of the ordinary hourly rate thereafter.

(d) Casual employees

(i) Casual employees will be paid overtime for all work performed in excess of 12 hours on a shift.

(ii) Overtime as defined in clause 20.7(d)(i) will be paid at 200% of the ordinary hourly rate, calculated to the nearest 15 minutes.
​(iii) The casual loading prescribed by clause 11.4(b) will not be paid for overtime hours worked.

Full Time Employees

The below overtime conditions have automatic application for Full Time employees:

Part Time Employees

The below overtime conditions have automatic application for Part Time employees:

Casual Employees

The below overtime conditions have automatic application for Casual employees:

Specific examples of the automated overtime conditions under the Amusement, Events and Recreation Award are detailed below:

Clause 13.6 of the Award details the minimum engagements for Exhibition Employees.

📜 13.6 Special provisions for exhibition employees

(a) Full-time and part time employees

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(iii) The ordinary hours of work on a shift will be a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 12 hours, to be worked continuously except for meal breaks.

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(b) Casual employees

The ordinary hours of work for casual employees will be a minimum of 4 consecutive hours per shift to be worked continuously except for meal breaks, on any day of the week.

If an exhibition employee works a shift less than 4 hours, minimum engagement conditions will automatically trigger in the Timesheet to buffer the shift to the required 4 hours:

When an employee has an agreement with their employer that overtime worked that would have otherwise been paid for can be accrued off as time off, they are agreeing to Time Off In Lieu (TOIL).

The Amusement, Events and Recreation Managed Template contains TOIL conditions that can be applied instead of automatic overtime conditions per clause 20.8:

📜 20.8 Time off instead of payment for overtime

(a) An employee and employer may agree in writing to the employee taking time off instead of being paid for a particular amount of overtime that has been worked by the employee.

(b) Any amount of overtime that has been worked by an employee in a particular pay period and that is to be taken as time off instead of the employee being paid for it must be the subject of a separate agreement under clause 20.8.

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(d) The period of time off that an employee is entitled to take is the same as the number of overtime hours worked.

EXAMPLE: By making an agreement under clause 20.8 an employee who worked 2 overtime hours is entitled to 2 hours’ time off.

To categorise time worked as TOIL in Tanda, the shift must be tagged as TOIL so that the time off is accrued instead of overtime rates being paid.

Overtime hours that have the TOIL tag applied will no longer cost in the Timesheet.

Please see the below example of the application of the TOIL shift tag for a Full Time employee who has worked 8+ Hours in a Day:

Before application of the TOIL shift tag:

After application of the TOIL shift tag:

Per clause 13.3 an employee may agree to work up to a maximum of 10 ordinary hours in a day.

📜 13. Ordinary hours of work

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13.3 By mutual agreement between the employer and the majority of employees involved the ordinary working hours may exceed 8 up to a maximum of 10 on any one day.

The agreement to work up to 10 hours in a day on an ongoing basis has been automated via the '10 Hour Day' employment types.

The Agreed 10 Hour Day shift tag can be used to facilitate ad-hoc or irregular agreements to work 10 hour days.

When the Agreed 10 Hour Day shift tag is applied to the Timesheet, the employee will be able to work ordinary hours under the same conditions facilitated by the '10 Hour Day' employment types.

See the example below for the application of the Agreed 10 Hour Day tag in the Timesheet:

Before application of the Agreed 10 Hour Day tag - Overtime applies after 8 Hours have been worked:

After application of the Agreed 10 Hour Day tag - Overtime applies after 10 Hours have been worked:

Per clause 13.4 an employee may agree to work up to 12 ordinary hours in a day.

📜 13. Ordinary hours of work

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13.4 The employer and an individual employee may agree in writing to work shifts of up to 12 hours on any one day.

The agreement to work up to 12 hours in a day on an ongoing basis has been automated via the '12 Hour Day' employment types.

The Agreed 12 Hour Day shift tag can be used to facilitate ad-hoc or irregular agreements to work 12 hour days.

When the Agreed 12 Hour Day tag is applied to the Timesheet, the employee will be able to work ordinary hours under the same conditions facilitated by the '12 Hour Day' employment types.

Please see the below application of the Agreed 12 Hour Day tag in the Timesheet.

Before application of the Agreed 12 Hour Day tag - The employee incurs overtime after 8 hours of work:

After application of the Agreed 12 Hour Day tag - The employee will incur overtime after 12 hours of work:

Per clause 20.5 the required 10 hour break between shifts may be reduced to 8 hours by agreement.

📜 20. Overtime and penalty rates

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20.5 Where an employee is required by the employer to resume work without having a break of at least 10 hours between shifts, they will be paid 200% of the ordinary hourly rate for all time worked until they have had a break from work of at least 10 hours, or 8 hours by agreement.

The agreement to work with an 8 hour gap between shifts on an ongoing basis can be facilitated via the '8 Hour Break' employment types.

The Agreed 8 Hour Break shift tag can be used to facilitate this agreement on an ad-hoc or irregular basis.

When the Agreed 8 Hour Break shift tag is applied to the Timesheet, the employee will be able to work ordinary hours under the same conditions facilitated by the '8 Hour Break' employment types.

Please see the below application of the Agreed 8 Hour Break shift tag in the Timesheet.

Before application of the Agreed 8 Hour Break shift tag - The employee will incur overtime if they commence a subsequent shift without having bet the required 10 hour rest break:

After application of the Agreed 8 Hour Break shift tag - The employee will be able to work the subsequent shift as ordinary hours if the rest between shifts is less than 10 hours but at least 8 hours:

Per clause 13.6(a) a Full Time or Part Time exhibition employee can work a maximum of 56 ordinary hours in a week and 76 ordinary hours in a 2-week roster period.

An employee can be set up with a 2-week overtime averaging period to capture the 76 hours in the two-week roster period, however, if an employee works more than 56 hours in a week, they are entitled to overtime per Clause 13.6(a)(iv).

📜 13.6 Special provisions for exhibition employees

(a) Full-time and part-time employees

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(ii) The ordinary hours of work will be 76 hours worked over a 2-week roster period.

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(iv) The maximum ordinary hours of work for full-time and part-time employees in any week will be 56 hours.

If an employee has exceeded the prescribed 56 hours in a week, the Exhibition 56+ Hours In A Week tag can be added to the timesheet to trigger overtime on the time worked in excess of 56 hours.

See the example below for the application of the Exhibition 56+ Hours Worked In A Week tag.

Before the Exhibition 56+ Hours In A Week tag is added to the timesheet - the time worked in excess of 56 hours in the week will be treated and paid as ordinary hours:

After the Exhibition 56+ Hours In A Week tag is added to the timesheet - the time that has been tagged with the tag will be treated and paid as overtime:

To apply shift tags on the Timesheets, you must first have Award Tags feature turned on. Turning on this feature will give you the drop down box on timesheets from which shift tags can be selected.

To turn this feature on, navigate to Settings > Timesheets > Show Advanced Settings > select the box next to Show an extra dropdown to adjust shift cost (Award Tag):

Now you will see the shift tags that have been saved to an employee profile available via the drop-down in the timesheet.

To use shift tags in an employee timesheet, you will first have to add the shift tag to the employee's profile.

To do this, go to Time & Attendance > Staff > (Employee Name) > Pay Conditions > Make a Change > under Additional Tags select the appropriate shift tag > click Save Contract Changes.

Please See the below example where the 'Agreed 10 Hour Day' shift tag has been added to the employee profile:

To learn more about creating Shift Tags please see here.

An automatic allowance will apply to the timesheet without any manual application.

The below allowances will automatically apply on timesheets when the appropriate Allowance Tag has been saved to the Employee Profile and the conditions of 'Applies When' have been met.

For the allowances listed above to automatically apply to an employee's timesheet, you will need to add the appropriate Allowance Tag to their Employee Profile.

To do this, go to Workforce > Staff (Employee Name) > Pay Conditions > Edit Current Pay Conditions > under Allowances, search for the relevant allowance > add this to the employee's profile > then click Confirm Changes.

For example, see the selection of the First Aid Duties (Weekly Basis) below:

Once the tag has been saved to the profile, the allowance will apply to the first worked shift of the week:

Some allowances will not apply unless specifically added to the timesheet.

These allowances are set up to be manual as it is not predictable when these allowances would be applicable. The manual allowances under the Award are: