Security Services Industry Award 2020 [MA000016]

The article provides guidelines about when to use the different work types and tags included as part of the pre-built Security Services Industry Award 2020 [MA000016] package. For further information about this industry award, refer to Security Services Industry 2020.

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. We have also updated the Time in Lieu Leave category to make sure it pays at a base rate.

Historical financial years

April 2023

5th

We have updated the Security Services Employees pay conditions rule set to reflect a new enhancement which will calculate the higher of annual leave loading or penalties based on the entire leave period, aligning with the Fair Work calculation.

January 2023

17th

We have updated the Security Services Employees rule set to correct the 20.2(b) Public Holiday (Cas) rule to Casual Employment Type.

31st

We have updated the award to reflect changes made as part of the Fair Work Decision regarding Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave. Further information on what changes have been applied to the platform and what you should be aware of can be found 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.

September 2022

We have updated the rule set, Security Services Employees to correct the 20.2(b) Saturday (Cas) rule to use the Casual - Saturday pay category.

Coverage

This industry award covers employers throughout Australia in the security services industry and their employees in the classifications listed in Schedule A—Classification Definitions to the exclusion of any other modern award. For further details please see clause four of the award.

Work types

Work types are a description of the kind of shift you are working, and you would select them when you record a timesheet. The following is a list of work types employees can select on their timesheet, and the meaning of each item.

Annual Leave Taken

Choose this work type when annual leave is taken.

Call Back – Admin Choose this work type when an employee is required to return to work for administrative purposes.

Call Back – Other

Choose this work type when an employee is required to return to work for any other purpose.

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.

Firearm Allowance

Choose this work type when an employee is required to carry a firearm on their shift.

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.

Meal Allowance

Choose this work type when an employee is required to work more than 1 hour after completion of their ordinary shift without being notified on the previous day. One unit per meal.

Paid Community Service Leave Taken

Choose this work type when community service leave is taken.

Personal/Carer's Leave Taken

Choose this work type when personal or carer's leave is taken and the business accrues the leave in hours.

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 is taken.

Time in lieu of overtime

Choose this work type when the employee elects to accrue time in lieu rather than an overtime payment.

Unpaid Pandemic Leave Taken

Choose this work type when unpaid pandemic leave is taken.

Vehicle Allowance – Motor Vehicle

Choose this work type where an employer requests an employee to use their own motor vehicle to perform work duties. The kilometres travelled should be entered into the ‘units’ field i.e. 1 (one) unit is equivalent to 1 (one) kilometre.

Vehicle Allowance – Motorcycle

Choose this work type where an employer requests an employee to use their own motorcycle to perform work duties. The kilometres travelled should be entered into the ‘units’ field i.e. 1 (one) unit is equivalent to 1 (one) kilometre.

Shift conditions

Shift Conditions are further details you can add to a shift where more than one condition applies to your shift. Shift conditions are selected when you edit a timesheet record, or when clocking on using the ClockMeIn Time and Attendance or WorkZone apps. The following is a list of Shift Conditions employees can select on their timesheet, and the meaning of each item.

Agreed 12 Hours of Ordinary Work

Select this shift condition if by agreement between employee and employer, an employee can work 12 ordinary hours in a shift.

Aviation Allowance Select this shift condition if an employee is performing airport security work at a security-regulated airport.

Broken Shift

Select this shift condition if an employee is required to work a shift in two separate periods of duty for a broken shift allowance to be paid.

First Aid Allowance

Select this shift condition if the employee is the holder of a current recognised first aid qualification and is appointed by the employer to perform first aid duty.

Relieving Officer Allowance

Select this shift condition if an employee is appointed as a relieving officer for a shift.

Supervision Allowance - Supervision of 1-5 employees

Select this shift condition when an employee is required to supervise between 1 and 5 employees.

Supervision Allowance - Supervision of 6-10 employees

Select this shift condition when an employee is required to supervise between 6 and 10 employees.

Supervision Allowance - Supervision of 11-20 employees

Select this shift condition when an employee is required to supervise between 11 and 20 employees.

Supervision Allowance - Supervision of over 20 employees

Select this shift condition when an employee is required to supervise over 20 employees.

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. Payment of these provisions is usually of a recurring and ongoing nature.

Agreed 12 Hours of Ordinary Work

Assign this tag if by agreement between employee and employer, an employee can work 12 ordinary hours in a shift.

Aviation Allowance Assign this tag if an employee is performing airport security work at a security-regulated airport.

Firearm Allowance

Assign this tag if an employee is required to carry a firearm.

First Aid Allowance

Assign this tag if the employee has an appropriate first aid qualification and will be the designated ongoing first aid officer during every shift they are rostered to work.

Permanent Night Work

Assign this tag for employees rostered on permanent night work.

Relieving Officer Allowance

Assign this tag if an employee is appointed a relieving officer.

Supervision Allowance - supervision of 1-5 employees

Assign this tag when an employee is required to supervise between one and five employees.

Supervision Allowance - supervision of 6-10 employees

Assign this tag when an employee is required to supervise between six and ten employees.

Supervision Allowance - supervision of 11-20 employees

Assign this tag when an employee is required to supervise between 11 and 20 employees.

Supervision Allowance - supervision of over 20 employees

Assign this tag when an employee is required to supervise over 20 employees.

Time off in Lieu of Overtime

Assign this tag when an employee elects to receive time off instead of payment for overtime.