Real Estate Industry Award 2020 [MA000106]

The article provides guidelines about when to use the different work types and tags included as part of the pre-built Real Estate Industry Award package. To read further information, refer to the Real Estate Industry Award.

Key updates

  Select the current financial year tab to see award updates for the 2022/23 financial year, while all previous updates before this time you can find in the historical financial years tab.

Current financial year

August 2023

1st

From 1 August, all employees are entitled to 10 days of paid family and domestic violence leave each year. The (Unpaid) Family and Domestic Violence Leave configuration settings under awards have been updated - the leave category is disabled from award leave allowance templates, and the work type is not enabled automatically for all employees. Please ensure that employees no longer use the unpaid leave category or work type.

July 2023

1st

We have updated the award to reflect the Fair Work Commission’s National Minimum Wage increase detailed in the Annual Wage Review 2022-23 decision and also includes updates to expense-related allowances. You can find information on the Determinations here and here.

These changes come into effect from the first full pay period on or after the 1st July 2023. Please install these updates after you have finalised your last pay run before the first full pay period beginning on or after the 1st July 2023.

Historical financial years

January 2023

31st

We have updated the award to reflect changes made as part of the Fair Work Decision regarding Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave. You can find further information on what changes we applied to the platform and what you should be aware of within this article. We have created the following new categories:

• New Leave Category: Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave.
• New Pay Category: Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave.
• New Work Type: Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave taken.

We have updated the Leave Allowance Templates to disable the existing unpaid Family and Domestic Violence and we have enabled the new Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave. We also updated any impacted rule conditions.

As part of Fair Work's ruling, an employee must be paid their full pay rate; this includes their base rate plus any incentive-based payments and bonuses, loadings, monetary allowances, overtime or penalty rates, and any other separately identifiable amount.

July 2022

We have updated the award to reflect the Fair Work Commission’s National Minimum Wage increase detailed in the Annual Wage Review 2021-22 decision and also includes updates to expense-related allowances. You can find information on the Determinations here and here. These changes come into effect from the first full pay period on or after the 1st July 2022. Please install these updates after you have finalised your last pay run before the first full pay period beginning on or after the 1st July 2022. We have also disabled Unpaid Pandemic Leave as this entitlement has now expired within this award. Additional information can be found on the Fairwork website.

January 2022

We have now disabled Unpaid Pandemic Leave as this entitlement has now expired within this award. Additional information can be found on the Fairwork website. 

November 2021

We have updated the award in line with the Australian Tax Office (ATO) requirements for Single Touch Payroll (STP) Phase Two reporting. We are now disaggregating the reporting of gross earnings into distinguishable categories. We have also updated Pay Category payment classifications in line with the ATO specification categories found here.

July 2021

We have updated the award to reflect the Fair Work Commission’s National Minimum Wage increase of 2.5% detailed in the Annual Wage Review 2020-21 decision and also includes updates to expense-related allowances. You can find information on the Determinations here and here. These changes come into effect from the first full pay period on or after the 1st July 2021.

Please install these updates after you have finalised your last pay run before the first full pay period beginning on or after the 1st July 2021. Updates have also been made to the Leave Category Family & Domestic Violence Leave, so that the balance is displayed in days instead of hours in line with the National Employment Standards. Once you install the update, all employees' FDV leave balances will display in days, not hours. Meaning that an employee’s balance may now show as 38 days. 

We made this update to make sure that any new installs of this award conducted since the 1st July now capture the Super Guarantee increase from 9.5% to 10% for all pay categories. If you have installed this award between the 1st July 2021 to the 8th July 2021 for the first time, please make sure you select the No option on the Preserve Custom Pay Categories question. If you were using this award before the 1st July 2021, then you do not need to select the No option. 

November 2020

The Award, as part of Group Two Awards, has been updated to reflect the Fair Work Commission’s National Minimum Wage increase of 1.75% detailed in the Annual Wage Review 2019-20 decision. You can find the Information on the Determinations here.

These changes come into effect from the first full pay period on or after the 1st November 2020. Please install these updates after you have finalised your last pay run before the first full pay period beginning on or after the 1st November 2020.

June 2020

We have updated the award pay rate templates to reflect the Australian Taxation Office's decision to increase the cents per kilometre rate for work-related car expense deductions to 72 cents per kilometre. The new rate applies from the first paid date in the 2020-21 financial year.

April 2020

We have updated the award to reflect changes made as part of the Fair Work Decision around flexibility during coronavirus. The new schedule allows employees to take up to two weeks of unpaid pandemic leave. We have created a new pay category called Unpaid Pandemic Leave Taken, and a leave category and work type called Unpaid Pandemic Leave. Also, we have updated the rule sets , where necessary, to include/exclude the work type and leave category to some pay conditions.  Further, we have updated the Leave Allowance Templates to make sure we have enabled the leave category and it is now accessible for employees to take this leave when required.

Further, under this new schedule employees can take up to twice as much annual leave at a proportionally reduced rate if their employer agrees. You will need to manually adjust an employee's pay rate and leave balance to half in each pay run for the period of leave.

February 2020

Due to recent changes to the interpretation of personal/carer's leave accrual under the National Employment Standards, we have made updates to the setup of the Award. 

Also, we have created a new Leave Category called Personal/Carer's (10 days) Leave. Also, we created a new Leave Allowance Templates (LATs) specific to ten days accrual per year for each state, and the LATs have been attached to the current Employment Agreements for selection options for an employee's LAT in their Employee Default Pay Run screen. We have also updated any rules impacted by Personal/Carer's Leave have also with the new leave category.

Award information

Coverage

Work types are a description of the kind of shift employees are working and can be selected when an employee records a time sheet. The following is a list of work types employees can select on their time sheet and a reference guide for each item.

Annual Leave Taken

Choose this work type when annual leave is taken.

Call-Out - Ordinary Hours

Choose this work type when the employer and employee have not agreed in writing for the employee to be paid due compensation for being on a call-out. The time during which the employee is on call-out will count towards an accrual of ordinary hours of work.

Commission-Only Payment

Choose this work type when a full-time employee has entered a commission-only employment agreement under Clause 16 of the Award and is to be paid a percentage of the employer's gross commission.

Compassionate Leave Taken

Choose this work type when compassionate leave is taken.

Family and Domestic Violence Leave Taken

Choose this work type when Family and Domestic Violence leave is taken.

Leave Without Pay Taken

Choose this work type when unpaid leave is taken.

Long Service Leave Taken

Choose this work type when long service leave is taken.

On Stand-By - Ordinary Hours

Choose this work type when the employer and employee have not agreed in writing for the employee to be paid due compensation for being on a stand-by. The time during which the employee is on stand-by will count towards an accrual of ordinary hours of work.

On Stand-By - Ordinary Hours

Choose this work type when the employer and employee have not agreed in writing for the employee to be paid due compensation for being on a stand-by. The time during which the employee is on stand-by will count towards an accrual of ordinary hours of work.

Paid Community Service Leave Taken

Choose this work type when Paid Community leave is taken.

Personal/Carer's Leave Taken

Choose this work type when sick/carers leave was taken.

Public Holiday Not Worked

Choose this work type when an employee is not required to work on a gazetted public holiday but otherwise would have worked on this day.

Time In Lieu Taken

Choose this work type when Time In Lieu leave is taken.

Time off in Lieu of Overtime

Choose this work type when an employee elects to accrue time in lieu rather than be paid for any overtime.

Vehicle Kilometres + payment - over 5yrs and between 1601 and 2600cc

Choose this work type when the employee is required to use their own motor vehicle in the course of employment and whose vehicle is over five years of age and has an engine capacity of over 1600cc and up to 2600cc. The employee is to be paid a weekly standing charge allowance plus the amount per kilometre for the distance travelled in performing duties. The kilometres travelled should be entered into the ‘units’ field.

Vehicle Kilometres + payment - over 5yrs and over 2600cc

Choose this work type when the employee is required to use their own motor vehicle in the course of employment and whose vehicle is over five years of age and has an engine capacity of over 2600cc. The employee is to be paid a weekly standing charge allowance plus the amount per kilometre for the distance travelled in performing duties. The kilometres travelled should be entered into the ‘units’ field.

Vehicle Kilometres + payment - over 5yrs and up to 1600cc

Choose this work type when the employee is required to use their own motor vehicle in the course of employment and whose vehicle is over five years of age and has an engine capacity of up to 1600cc. The employee is to be paid a weekly standing charge allowance plus the amount per kilometre for the distance travelled in performing duties. The kilometres travelled should be entered into the ‘units’ field.

Vehicle Kilometres + payment - up to 5yrs and between 1601 and 2600cc

Choose this work type when the employee is required to use their own motor vehicle in the course of employment and whose vehicle is up to five years of age and has an engine capacity of over 1600cc and up to 2600cc. The employee is to be paid a weekly standing charge allowance plus the amount per kilometre for the distance travelled in performing duties. The kilometres travelled should be entered into the ‘units’ field.

Vehicle Kilometres + payment - up to 5yrs and over 2600cc

Choose this work type when the employee is required to use their own motor vehicle in the course of employment and whose vehicle is up to five years of age and has an engine capacity of over 2600cc. The employee is to be paid a weekly standing charge allowance plus the amount per kilometre for the distance travelled in performing duties. The kilometres travelled should be entered into the ‘units’ field.

Vehicle Kilometres + Payment - up to 5yrs and up to 1600cc

Choose this work type when the employee is required to use their own motor vehicle in the course of employment and whose vehicle is up to five years of age and has an engine capacity of up to 1600cc. The employee is to be paid a weekly standing charge allowance plus the amount per kilometre for the distance travelled in performing duties. The kilometres travelled should be entered into the ‘units’ field.

Vehicle Kilometres Only

Choose this work type when the employee is to be paid a per kilometre allowance only for all use of the employee’s own motor vehicle in the course of employment, to a maximum of 400km per week. The kilometres travelled should be entered into the ‘units’ field.

Vehicle Kilometres Only - Motor Scooter/Cycle

Choose this work type when the employee is to be paid a per kilometre allowance only for all use of the employee’s own motor scooter or motor cycle in the course of employment, to a maximum of 400 km per week. The kilometres travelled should be entered into the ‘units’ field.

Shift Conditions

Shift Conditions are further details you can add to a shift where perhaps more than one work condition applies to your shift. Create a new shift each time a shift condition changes. Shift conditions are selected when you edit a timesheet record, or when clocking on using the ClockMeIn Time and Attendance app. The following is a list of Shift Conditions employees can select on their timesheet and a reference guide for each item.

Call-Out

Select this shift condition when the employer and employee have agreed in writing for the employee to be paid due compensation for being on stand-by. The time during which the employee is on a stand-by will not count towards an accrual of ordinary hours of work. The agreed allowance will need to be entered into the Employee's Pay Rate screen under pay category "Stand-by Allowance" so that the correct agreed allowance rate is paid.

On Stand-By

Select this shift condition when the employer and employee have agreed in writing for the employee to be paid due compensation for being on stand-by. The time during which the employee is on a stand-by will not count towards an accrual of ordinary hours of work. The agreed allowance will need to be entered into the Employee's Pay Rate screen under pay category "Stand-by Allowance" so that the correct agreed allowance rate is paid.

Waive Meal Break - Less Than 6 Hour Shift

Select this shift condition when an employee's rostered hours are no longer than six hours and the employee has elected, with the employer’s approval, to waive a meal break.

Working on a Rostered Day Off

Select this shift condition when an employee is required to work on their rostered day off or half day off work.

Tags

Employee Tags are specific conditions typically related to the employee’s agreement. These are often conditions negotiated and agreed between the employer and the employee, or unique characteristics of the employee’s role which are recurring and ongoing.

TIL of OT

Assign tag when the employer and employee agree in writing under clause 24.2 for the employee to accrue time in lieu of overtime worked.

Use Own Vehicle - Lump Sum Payment

Assign tag if the employer and employee expressly agree in writing for the employee to receive a lump sum payment for using their own motor vehicle in performing their duties.

Use Own Vehicle - Standing Charge Plus KMs

Assign tag if the employee uses their own motor vehicle in the course of employment and will receive a standing charge allowance plus the amount per kilometre for the distance travelled in performing their duties.

Vehicle over 5yrs and between 1601 and 2600cc

Assign tag if employee uses their own motor vehicle in performing their duties; over five years old and has an engine capacity over 1600cc and up to 2600cc.

Vehicle Over 5yrs and Over 2600cc

Assign tag if employee uses their own motor vehicle in performing their duties; over five years old and has an engine capacity over 2600cc.

Vehicle Over 5yrs and up to 1600cc

Assign tag if employee uses their own motor vehicle in performing their duties; over five years old and has an engine capacity up to 1600cc.

Vehicle up to 5yrs and between 1601 and 2600cc

Assign tag if employee uses their own motor vehicle in performing their duties; up to five years old and has an engine capacity of over 1600cc and up to 2600cc.

Vehicle up to 5yrs and over 2600cc

Assign tag if employee uses their own motor vehicle in performing their duties; up to five years old and has an engine capacity of over 2600cc.

Vehicle up to 5yrs and up to 1600cc

Assign tag if employee uses their own motor vehicle in performing their duties; up to five years old and has an engine capacity up to 1600cc.