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SCHADS Award [MA000100] — current classifications, penalties & allowances
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Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 [MA000100] — Schedule B, social and community services
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Roles & Wages
| Role | Pay Point | July 2026 |
|---|---|---|
Entry-level support worker — Level 1 Schedule B.1 Entry level, working under direct or routine supervision. From pay point 2 the classification covers direct personal care and domestic duties for a person with a disability. The only social and community services level the equal remuneration order does not reach. | Level 1 — Pay Point 1 | $27.55 $54,613.28 / yr |
| Level 1 — Pay Point 2 | $28.44 $56,377.56 / yr | |
| Level 1 — Pay Point 3 | $29.45 $58,379.72 / yr | |
Disability support worker — Level 2 Schedule B.2 Works under general guidance. This is where a Certificate III or IV disability support worker sits, including one who supervises others in service delivery (B.2.2(n)) — the classification most NDIS support workers are engaged at. | Level 2 — Pay Point 1 | $36.22 $71,800.11 / yr |
| Level 2 — Pay Point 2 | $37.36 $74,059.97 / yr | |
| Level 2 — Pay Point 3 | $38.50 $76,319.83 / yr | |
| Level 2 — Pay Point 4 | $39.53 $78,361.64 / yr | |
Senior support worker / house supervisor — Level 3 Schedule B.3 Works under general direction; may supervise lower-classified staff and volunteers and run the day-to-day operations of a residential disability facility. Pay point 1 is the associate diploma or advanced certificate entry, pay point 3 the three-year degree entry and pay point 4 the four-year degree entry. Pay point 3 is also the award's "standard rate" classification. | Level 3 — Pay Point 1 | $40.49 $80,264.68 / yr |
| Level 3 — Pay Point 2 | $41.66 $82,584.01 / yr | |
| Level 3 — Pay Point 3 | $42.55 $84,348.28 / yr | |
| Level 3 — Pay Point 4 | $43.42 $86,072.91 / yr | |
Team leader / case coordinator — Level 4 Schedule B.4 General direction with more autonomy; provides specialist or expert advice and supervises other staff. | Level 4 — Pay Point 1 | $46.70 $92,574.97 / yr |
| Level 4 — Pay Point 2 | $47.92 $94,993.41 / yr | |
| Level 4 — Pay Point 3 | $49.16 $97,451.51 / yr | |
| Level 4 — Pay Point 4 | $50.25 $99,612.25 / yr | |
Senior case manager / program coordinator — Level 5 Schedule B.5 Works under general direction from senior staff; contributes to budgets and gives expert advice to lower-classified employees. | Level 5 — Pay Point 1 | $53.43 $105,916.07 / yr |
| Level 5 — Pay Point 2 | $54.58 $108,195.75 / yr | |
| Level 5 — Pay Point 3 | $55.85 $110,713.32 / yr | |
Service manager — Level 6 Schedule B.6 Works under limited direction in a managerial or specialist role; may manage a work area or a medium-sized organisation. | Level 6 — Pay Point 1 | $58.37 $115,708.8 / yr |
| Level 6 — Pay Point 2 | $59.66 $118,266.01 / yr | |
| Level 6 — Pay Point 3 | $60.95 $120,823.22 / yr | |
Area / regional manager — Level 7 Schedule B.7 Works under limited direction with managerial responsibility for a section or an organisation, or as an independent specialist. | Level 7 — Pay Point 1 | $63.13 $125,144.7 / yr |
| Level 7 — Pay Point 2 | $64.46 $127,781.21 / yr | |
| Level 7 — Pay Point 3 | $65.77 $130,378.06 / yr | |
General manager — Level 8 Schedule B.8 Works under broad direction only; manages the organisation or acts as a senior specialist advising the board. | Level 8 — Pay Point 1 | $68.49 $135,770.01 / yr |
| Level 8 — Pay Point 2 | $69.84 $138,446.16 / yr | |
| Level 8 — Pay Point 3 | $71.19 $141,122.31 / yr |
Hourly rates calculated as: Source hourly rate. Annual equivalent shown beneath each rate.
Allowances
| Allowance | Unit | July 2026 | Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
Uniform allowance (cl 20.2(b)) Where the employer requires a uniform but does not supply one. The clause also sets a weekly arm of $6.41 and the lesser of the two amounts is payable. | Per shift or part shift | $1.26 | $1.26 |
Laundry allowance (cl 20.2(b)) Where a required uniform is not laundered by the employer. The weekly arm is $1.53 and the lesser of the two amounts is payable. | Per shift or part shift | $0.33 | $0.33 |
Laundering of soiled clothing (cl 20.3) Where clothing that is not a uniform is soiled at work and has to be laundered. A separate entitlement from the uniform laundry allowance above. | Per shift | $0.33 | $0.33 |
Meal allowance (cl 20.5(a)) Payable when an employee is required to work overtime past the usual meal break without reasonable notice. A further allowance of the same amount is payable where the overtime exceeds four hours. Not payable where the employee could reasonably go home to eat. | Per meal | $17.30 | $17.30 |
First aid allowance (cl 20.6) 1.67% of the standard rate, for a full-time employee holding a current first aid qualification the employer requires them to hold. Paid pro rata to part-time and casual employees on a 38-hour basis. The award prints the percentage only — the dollar figure is computed from the standard rate. | Per week | $21.43 | $21.43 |
Vehicle allowance — own vehicle used on duty (cl 20.7) Clause 20.7(aa), inserted by PR813674, sets a higher temporary rate for 1 September 2026 to 28 February 2027 only. It is expressly not an adjustment to the standing clause 20.7(a) rate, which applied from 1 July 2026 and resumes automatically on 1 March 2027. | Per kilometre | $1.01 | $1.05 |
On-call allowance — Monday to Friday (cl 20.11(a)) 2.0% of the standard rate, from the finish of ordinary duty on Monday to the finish of ordinary duty on Friday. Being on call means being available for recall to duty and/or for remote work. | Per 24-hour period or part thereof | $25.66 | $25.66 |
On-call allowance — weekends and public holidays (cl 20.11(b)) 3.96% of the standard rate, for any other 24-hour period or any part of a public holiday. Saturday, Sunday and public holidays all share this one amount. | Per 24-hour period or part thereof | $50.81 | $50.81 |
Sleepover allowance (cl 25.7(d)) 4.9% of the standard rate for each night the employee is required to sleep over at the client's premises, on top of the free board and lodging the clause requires. Being woken to work is paid at the overtime rate with a minimum as for one hour. The award prints the percentage only — the dollar figure is computed from the standard rate. | Per night | $62.87 | $62.87 |
Broken shift allowance — one unpaid break (cl 20.12(a)) 1.7% of the standard rate. A broken shift with a single unpaid break can be rostered by the employer without agreement. | Per broken shift | $21.81 | $21.81 |
Broken shift allowance — two unpaid breaks (cl 20.12(b)) 2.25% of the standard rate. Two unpaid breaks require the employee to agree on each occasion, or a standing agreed pattern of work under clause 10.3. | Per broken shift | $28.87 | $28.87 |
Penalty Rates
Saturday — ordinary hours (cl 26.1)150%
Full-time and part-time employees. Weekend rates substitute for the clause 29 shift loadings rather than adding to them, and do not apply to overtime.
Sunday — ordinary hours (cl 26.1)200%
Full-time and part-time employees. Substitutes for the clause 29 shift loadings and does not apply to overtime.
Public holiday — ordinary hours (cl 34.2(a))250%
Double time and a half for all time worked by a full-time or part-time employee. Substitutes for any shift or weekend premium that would otherwise apply.
Afternoon shift loading (cl 29.2(a), 29.3)12.5%
Added to the ordinary rate for the whole shift where the shift finishes after 8:00 pm and at or before midnight, Monday to Friday. This award classifies a shift by when it FINISHES, not by when it starts.
Night shift loading (cl 29.2(b), 29.3)15%
Whole-of-shift loading where the shift finishes after midnight, or commences before 6:00 am, Monday to Friday.
Casual loading — ordinary hours (cl 10.4)125%
The minimum hourly rate for the employee's classification plus a 25% loading, paid on every ordinary hour in place of the entitlements casual employees are excluded from.
Casual Saturday (cl 26.4)175%
An absolute, loading-inclusive rate — not the permanent 150% with a further 25% stacked on top.
Casual Sunday (cl 26.4)225%
Absolute and loading-inclusive, like the casual Saturday rate.
Casual public holiday (cl 34.2(d))275%
Absolute and loading-inclusive.
Overtime — Monday to Saturday, first two hours (cl 28.1)150%
Clause 28.1(a) gives disability services, home care and family day care employees two hours at time and a half before double time, and social and community services employees three. MyRoster applies the two-hour tier here because a social and community services employee doing NDIS support work is undertaking disability services work — check which tier your employer applies.
Overtime — Monday to Saturday, after the first two hours (cl 28.1)200%
Double time. Saturday overtime runs the same tiered progression as Monday to Friday — it has no flat rate of its own.
Overtime — Sunday (cl 28.1)200%
Double time, flat, for all overtime hours.
Overtime — public holiday (cl 28.1)250%
Double time and a half, flat, for all overtime hours.
Casual overtime — Monday to Saturday, first two hours (cl 28.1(b))187.5%
The 25% casual loading compounds into each overtime multiplier.
Casual overtime — Monday to Saturday, after the first two hours (cl 28.1(b))250%
Double time with the casual loading compounded in.
Casual overtime — Sunday (cl 28.1(b))250%
Flat rate for all casual overtime hours on a Sunday.
Casual overtime — public holiday (cl 28.1(b))312.5%
Flat rate for all casual overtime hours on a public holiday.
Recall to overtime (cl 28.4)Minimum 2 hours' pay
Each recall to work attracts at least two hours at the appropriate overtime rate.
Rest period not taken after overtime (cl 28.3)200%
Double time until released from duty, where an employee is required to resume or continue work without 10 consecutive hours off.
Remote work outside 6:00 am – 8:00 pm (cl 25.10(d))150% / 200%
First two hours then thereafter; casual 175% / 225%. Remote work on a Saturday is 150% (175% casual), on a Sunday 200% (225% casual) and on a public holiday 250% (275% casual). These substitute for, and do not stack with, the weekend, shift and overtime clauses.
Broken shift span beyond 12 hours (cl 25.6(f))200%
The span of a broken shift is capped at 12 hours; any time worked beyond the span is paid at double time. A 10-hour break is required between broken shifts on successive days.
Notes
- •These are the minimum rates under the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 [MA000100] — the national modern award that covers most NDIS support workers employed by a registered or unregistered provider. Rates apply from the first full pay period starting on or after 1 July 2026. Many providers pay above the award under an enterprise agreement or their own contracts.
- •The award never uses the words "NDIS support worker". A provider classifies the role under one of the award schedules instead, and the tabs on this page are the four that can apply to disability support work.
- •Only employees are covered. A self-employed or sole-trader support worker contracting directly with participants is not covered by this award and sets their own rates.
- •Equal remuneration order [PR525485] applies to every classification on this tab except social and community services Level 1. Where it applies, the order's "current hourly wage" is the employee's ordinary rate of pay for all purposes, and the plain weekly figure printed in clause 15 survives only as the input to that calculation — it is not itself payable. The rates here are the order's own published hourly figures, copied as published rather than recalculated from a percentage.
- •Hourly rates are the figures the award (or its equal remuneration order) publishes, or the printed weekly minimum divided by 38 ordinary hours where no hourly figure is published. The weekly and annual equivalents shown are derived from the hourly figure, so they can sit a few cents away from the award's own printed weekly column, which is rounded at a different step.
- •The minimum payment for each shift, or for each period of a broken shift, is 2 hours (cl 10.5(b)). The 3-hour minimum in clause 10.5(a) is for social and community services employees who are not undertaking disability services work.
- •The award's "standard rate" (cl 3) is the weekly minimum wage for a social and community services employee at Level 3, pay point 3 — the plain clause 15.3 figure, not the equal-remuneration rate that classification is actually paid. The first aid, on-call, broken shift and sleepover allowances are all percentages of that standard rate, which is why they are the same dollar figure on every tab.
- •Overtime for part-time and casual employees starts above 38 hours a week or 76 a fortnight, or above 10 hours in a day or in a shift — 12 hours where part of the shift is worked immediately before and after a sleepover (cl 28.1(b), as varied from 1 June 2026). Overtime can be banked as time off in lieu by written agreement on each occasion and must be taken within three months (cl 28.2).
- •Remote work (cl 25.10) carries its own minimum payments: 15 minutes when on call between 6:00 am and 10:00 pm, 30 minutes when on call between 10:00 pm and 6:00 am, and 1 hour when not on call or for a staff meeting or training session attended remotely. Time beyond the minimum rounds up to the nearest 15 minutes, and the clause 10.5 minimum payment does not apply to remote work.
- •Clause 20 also carries entitlements with no fixed rate: travel, fares and accommodation while travelling on duty (cl 20.7(b)–(d)), telephone installation and rental for an on-call phone (cl 20.8) and repair or replacement of non-uniform clothing (cl 20.4) are all reimbursement of the actual cost. Board and lodging (cl 20.10) is a deduction from wages where the employer provides accommodation, not a payment, and the heat allowance (cl 20.9(c)) is grandfathered to employees engaged before 8 August 1991. None of these appear in the allowances table.
- •Home care employees doing aged care work (cl 17.2, Schedule F) are deliberately not shown here — that stream belongs to in-home aged care rather than NDIS support work. Aged care rates are on the Aged Care Award page at /wages/aged-care/.
- •The award does not settle which schedule an NDIS support worker belongs to. Clause 3's definition of the social and community services sector takes in personal, therapeutic, domestic and lifestyle support for a person with a disability, and a note confirms that working in a private residence or an outreach setting does not rule out Schedule B. The same job can therefore be classified under Schedule B (social and community services) or Schedule E (home care — disability care), which pay differently at equivalent experience. Check your contract and payslip for the schedule, level and pay point you are engaged under.
- •Broken shifts (cl 25.6) apply to social and community services employees when they are undertaking disability services work. One unpaid break can be rostered by the employer; two need agreement on each occasion. Weekend, overtime and public holiday penalties still apply on top of ordinary pay for a broken shift, and the shift loading can apply to a period within one.
- •Source: Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 [MA000100], Fair Work Commission — consolidated award text incorporating amendments to 1 September 2026 (PR813674), with rates effective from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026 (PR799380). fwc.gov.au
Roles & Wages
| Role | Pay Point | July 2026 |
|---|---|---|
Crisis accommodation support worker — Level 1 Schedule C.1 Works under general direction within established procedures and plans their own casework. Paid on the clause 15.3 scale — the same rates as a social and community services Level 3. | Level 1 — Pay Point 1 | $40.49 $80,264.68 / yr |
| Level 1 — Pay Point 2 | $41.66 $82,584.01 / yr | |
| Level 1 — Pay Point 3 | $42.55 $84,348.28 / yr | |
| Level 1 — Pay Point 4 | $43.42 $86,072.91 / yr | |
Crisis accommodation worker — Level 2 Schedule C.2 More autonomy than Level 1; may co-ordinate a work area. Paid on the clause 15.4 scale — the same rates as a social and community services Level 4. | Level 2 — Pay Point 1 | $46.70 $92,574.97 / yr |
| Level 2 — Pay Point 2 | $47.92 $94,993.41 / yr | |
| Level 2 — Pay Point 3 | $49.16 $97,451.51 / yr | |
| Level 2 — Pay Point 4 | $50.25 $99,612.25 / yr | |
Senior crisis accommodation worker — Level 3 Schedule C.3 Senior or co-ordination role with input into budgets. Paid on the clause 15.5 scale — the same rates as a social and community services Level 5. | Level 3 — Pay Point 1 | $53.43 $105,916.07 / yr |
| Level 3 — Pay Point 2 | $54.58 $108,195.75 / yr | |
| Level 3 — Pay Point 3 | $55.85 $110,713.32 / yr | |
Crisis service manager — Level 4 Schedule C.4 Managerial role under limited direction. Paid on the clause 15.6 scale — the same rates as a social and community services Level 6. | Level 4 — Pay Point 1 | $58.37 $115,708.8 / yr |
| Level 4 — Pay Point 2 | $59.66 $118,266.01 / yr | |
| Level 4 — Pay Point 3 | $60.95 $120,823.22 / yr |
Hourly rates calculated as: Source hourly rate. Annual equivalent shown beneath each rate.
Allowances
| Allowance | Unit | July 2026 | Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
Uniform allowance (cl 20.2(b)) Where the employer requires a uniform but does not supply one. The clause also sets a weekly arm of $6.41 and the lesser of the two amounts is payable. | Per shift or part shift | $1.26 | $1.26 |
Laundry allowance (cl 20.2(b)) Where a required uniform is not laundered by the employer. The weekly arm is $1.53 and the lesser of the two amounts is payable. | Per shift or part shift | $0.33 | $0.33 |
Laundering of soiled clothing (cl 20.3) Where clothing that is not a uniform is soiled at work and has to be laundered. A separate entitlement from the uniform laundry allowance above. | Per shift | $0.33 | $0.33 |
Meal allowance (cl 20.5(a)) Payable when an employee is required to work overtime past the usual meal break without reasonable notice. A further allowance of the same amount is payable where the overtime exceeds four hours. Not payable where the employee could reasonably go home to eat. | Per meal | $17.30 | $17.30 |
First aid allowance (cl 20.6) 1.67% of the standard rate, for a full-time employee holding a current first aid qualification the employer requires them to hold. Paid pro rata to part-time and casual employees on a 38-hour basis. The award prints the percentage only — the dollar figure is computed from the standard rate. | Per week | $21.43 | $21.43 |
Vehicle allowance — own vehicle used on duty (cl 20.7) Clause 20.7(aa), inserted by PR813674, sets a higher temporary rate for 1 September 2026 to 28 February 2027 only. It is expressly not an adjustment to the standing clause 20.7(a) rate, which applied from 1 July 2026 and resumes automatically on 1 March 2027. | Per kilometre | $1.01 | $1.05 |
On-call allowance — Monday to Friday (cl 20.11(a)) 2.0% of the standard rate, from the finish of ordinary duty on Monday to the finish of ordinary duty on Friday. Being on call means being available for recall to duty and/or for remote work. | Per 24-hour period or part thereof | $25.66 | $25.66 |
On-call allowance — weekends and public holidays (cl 20.11(b)) 3.96% of the standard rate, for any other 24-hour period or any part of a public holiday. Saturday, Sunday and public holidays all share this one amount. | Per 24-hour period or part thereof | $50.81 | $50.81 |
Sleepover allowance (cl 25.7(d)) 4.9% of the standard rate for each night the employee is required to sleep over at the client's premises, on top of the free board and lodging the clause requires. Being woken to work is paid at the overtime rate with a minimum as for one hour. The award prints the percentage only — the dollar figure is computed from the standard rate. | Per night | $62.87 | $62.87 |
Penalty Rates
Saturday — ordinary hours (cl 26.1)150%
Full-time and part-time employees. Weekend rates substitute for the clause 29 shift loadings rather than adding to them, and do not apply to overtime.
Sunday — ordinary hours (cl 26.1)200%
Full-time and part-time employees. Substitutes for the clause 29 shift loadings and does not apply to overtime.
Public holiday — ordinary hours (cl 34.2(a))250%
Double time and a half for all time worked by a full-time or part-time employee. Substitutes for any shift or weekend premium that would otherwise apply.
Afternoon shift loading (cl 29.2(a), 29.3)12.5%
Added to the ordinary rate for the whole shift where the shift finishes after 8:00 pm and at or before midnight, Monday to Friday. This award classifies a shift by when it FINISHES, not by when it starts.
Night shift loading (cl 29.2(b), 29.3)15%
Whole-of-shift loading where the shift finishes after midnight, or commences before 6:00 am, Monday to Friday.
Casual loading — ordinary hours (cl 10.4)125%
The minimum hourly rate for the employee's classification plus a 25% loading, paid on every ordinary hour in place of the entitlements casual employees are excluded from.
Casual Saturday (cl 26.4)175%
An absolute, loading-inclusive rate — not the permanent 150% with a further 25% stacked on top.
Casual Sunday (cl 26.4)225%
Absolute and loading-inclusive, like the casual Saturday rate.
Casual public holiday (cl 34.2(d))275%
Absolute and loading-inclusive.
Overtime — Monday to Saturday, first three hours (cl 28.1)150%
Time and a half for the first three hours of overtime in a day. Crisis accommodation is the one stream on this page that keeps clause 28.1(a)'s three-hour first tier rather than the two-hour tier — a long crisis accommodation shift is priced an hour differently from the same shift in the other streams.
Overtime — Monday to Saturday, after the first three hours (cl 28.1)200%
Double time. Saturday overtime runs the same tiered progression as Monday to Friday — it has no flat rate of its own.
Overtime — Sunday (cl 28.1)200%
Double time, flat, for all overtime hours.
Overtime — public holiday (cl 28.1)250%
Double time and a half, flat, for all overtime hours.
Casual overtime — Monday to Saturday, first three hours (cl 28.1(b))187.5%
The 25% casual loading compounds into each overtime multiplier.
Casual overtime — Monday to Saturday, after the first three hours (cl 28.1(b))250%
Double time with the casual loading compounded in.
Casual overtime — Sunday (cl 28.1(b))250%
Flat rate for all casual overtime hours on a Sunday.
Casual overtime — public holiday (cl 28.1(b))312.5%
Flat rate for all casual overtime hours on a public holiday.
Recall to overtime (cl 28.4)Minimum 2 hours' pay
Each recall to work attracts at least two hours at the appropriate overtime rate.
Rest period not taken after overtime (cl 28.3)200%
Double time until released from duty, where an employee is required to resume or continue work without 10 consecutive hours off.
Remote work outside 6:00 am – 8:00 pm (cl 25.10(d))150% / 200%
First two hours then thereafter; casual 175% / 225%. Remote work on a Saturday is 150% (175% casual), on a Sunday 200% (225% casual) and on a public holiday 250% (275% casual). These substitute for, and do not stack with, the weekend, shift and overtime clauses.
Notes
- •These are the minimum rates under the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 [MA000100] — the national modern award that covers most NDIS support workers employed by a registered or unregistered provider. Rates apply from the first full pay period starting on or after 1 July 2026. Many providers pay above the award under an enterprise agreement or their own contracts.
- •The award never uses the words "NDIS support worker". A provider classifies the role under one of the award schedules instead, and the tabs on this page are the four that can apply to disability support work.
- •Only employees are covered. A self-employed or sole-trader support worker contracting directly with participants is not covered by this award and sets their own rates.
- •Equal remuneration order [PR525485] applies to every classification on this tab except social and community services Level 1. Where it applies, the order's "current hourly wage" is the employee's ordinary rate of pay for all purposes, and the plain weekly figure printed in clause 15 survives only as the input to that calculation — it is not itself payable. The rates here are the order's own published hourly figures, copied as published rather than recalculated from a percentage.
- •Hourly rates are the figures the award (or its equal remuneration order) publishes, or the printed weekly minimum divided by 38 ordinary hours where no hourly figure is published. The weekly and annual equivalents shown are derived from the hourly figure, so they can sit a few cents away from the award's own printed weekly column, which is rounded at a different step.
- •The minimum payment for each shift, or for each period of a broken shift, is 2 hours (cl 10.5(b)). The 3-hour minimum in clause 10.5(a) is for social and community services employees who are not undertaking disability services work.
- •The award's "standard rate" (cl 3) is the weekly minimum wage for a social and community services employee at Level 3, pay point 3 — the plain clause 15.3 figure, not the equal-remuneration rate that classification is actually paid. The first aid, on-call, broken shift and sleepover allowances are all percentages of that standard rate, which is why they are the same dollar figure on every tab.
- •Overtime for part-time and casual employees starts above 38 hours a week or 76 a fortnight, or above 10 hours in a day or in a shift — 12 hours where part of the shift is worked immediately before and after a sleepover (cl 28.1(b), as varied from 1 June 2026). Overtime can be banked as time off in lieu by written agreement on each occasion and must be taken within three months (cl 28.2).
- •Remote work (cl 25.10) carries its own minimum payments: 15 minutes when on call between 6:00 am and 10:00 pm, 30 minutes when on call between 10:00 pm and 6:00 am, and 1 hour when not on call or for a staff meeting or training session attended remotely. Time beyond the minimum rounds up to the nearest 15 minutes, and the clause 10.5 minimum payment does not apply to remote work.
- •Clause 20 also carries entitlements with no fixed rate: travel, fares and accommodation while travelling on duty (cl 20.7(b)–(d)), telephone installation and rental for an on-call phone (cl 20.8) and repair or replacement of non-uniform clothing (cl 20.4) are all reimbursement of the actual cost. Board and lodging (cl 20.10) is a deduction from wages where the employer provides accommodation, not a payment, and the heat allowance (cl 20.9(c)) is grandfathered to employees engaged before 8 August 1991. None of these appear in the allowances table.
- •Home care employees doing aged care work (cl 17.2, Schedule F) are deliberately not shown here — that stream belongs to in-home aged care rather than NDIS support work. Aged care rates are on the Aged Care Award page at /wages/aged-care/.
- •Crisis accommodation has no Level 1 or Level 2 scale of its own. Schedule C starts where social and community services Level 3 starts, so a crisis accommodation Level 1 is paid the clause 15.3 rates and the scale runs up to the clause 15.6 rates at Level 4.
- •Broken shifts (cl 25.6) and 24-hour care (cl 25.8) do not apply to crisis accommodation employees — clause 25.6 is limited to social and community services employees doing disability services work and to home care employees, and clause 25.8 to home care employees.
- •Source: Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 [MA000100], Fair Work Commission — consolidated award text incorporating amendments to 1 September 2026 (PR813674), with rates effective from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026 (PR799380). fwc.gov.au
Roles & Wages
| Role | Pay Point | July 2026 |
|---|---|---|
Family day care assistant — Level 1 Schedule D.1 Assisting and supportive tasks carried out under supervision. | Level 1 — Pay Point 1 | $27.58 $54,672.75 / yr |
| Level 1 — Pay Point 2 | $28.47 $56,437.03 / yr | |
| Level 1 — Pay Point 3 | $29.50 $58,478.83 / yr | |
| Level 1 — Pay Point 4 | $30.49 $60,441.34 / yr | |
Family day care worker — Level 2 Schedule D.2 Some autonomy, plus minor administration of an agency unit. | Level 2 — Pay Point 1 | $31.36 $62,165.97 / yr |
| Level 2 — Pay Point 2 | $32.38 $64,187.95 / yr | |
| Level 2 — Pay Point 3 | $33.41 $66,229.76 / yr | |
| Level 2 — Pay Point 4 | $34.20 $67,795.8 / yr | |
Family day care field officer — Level 3 Schedule D.3 Fieldwork, monitoring and training of carers, and administrative support of moderate complexity. | Level 3 — Pay Point 1 | $35.07 $69,520.43 / yr |
| Level 3 — Pay Point 2 | $36.16 $71,681.17 / yr | |
| Level 3 — Pay Point 3 | $37.28 $73,901.39 / yr | |
| Level 3 — Pay Point 4 | $38.30 $75,923.37 / yr | |
Family day care administrator — Level 4 Schedule D.4 Responsible for the administration and co-ordination of a scheme. | Level 4 — Pay Point 1 | $39.41 $78,123.76 / yr |
| Level 4 — Pay Point 2 | $39.83 $78,956.34 / yr | |
| Level 4 — Pay Point 3 | $40.76 $80,799.91 / yr | |
| Level 4 — Pay Point 4 | $41.43 $82,128.07 / yr | |
Family day care co-ordinator / manager — Level 5 Schedule D.5 Leadership role managing a complex scheme, or more than one scheme. | Level 5 — Pay Point 1 | $44.40 $88,015.6 / yr |
| Level 5 — Pay Point 2 | $45.62 $90,434.05 / yr | |
| Level 5 — Pay Point 3 | $46.87 $92,911.96 / yr | |
| Level 5 — Pay Point 4 | $48.09 $95,330.41 / yr |
Hourly rates calculated as: Source hourly rate. Annual equivalent shown beneath each rate.
Allowances
| Allowance | Unit | July 2026 | Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
Uniform allowance (cl 20.2(b)) Where the employer requires a uniform but does not supply one. The clause also sets a weekly arm of $6.41 and the lesser of the two amounts is payable. | Per shift or part shift | $1.26 | $1.26 |
Laundry allowance (cl 20.2(b)) Where a required uniform is not laundered by the employer. The weekly arm is $1.53 and the lesser of the two amounts is payable. | Per shift or part shift | $0.33 | $0.33 |
Laundering of soiled clothing (cl 20.3) Where clothing that is not a uniform is soiled at work and has to be laundered. A separate entitlement from the uniform laundry allowance above. | Per shift | $0.33 | $0.33 |
Meal allowance (cl 20.5(a)) Payable when an employee is required to work overtime past the usual meal break without reasonable notice. A further allowance of the same amount is payable where the overtime exceeds four hours. Not payable where the employee could reasonably go home to eat. | Per meal | $17.30 | $17.30 |
First aid allowance (cl 20.6) 1.67% of the standard rate, for a full-time employee holding a current first aid qualification the employer requires them to hold. Paid pro rata to part-time and casual employees on a 38-hour basis. The award prints the percentage only — the dollar figure is computed from the standard rate. | Per week | $21.43 | $21.43 |
Vehicle allowance — own vehicle used on duty (cl 20.7) Clause 20.7(aa), inserted by PR813674, sets a higher temporary rate for 1 September 2026 to 28 February 2027 only. It is expressly not an adjustment to the standing clause 20.7(a) rate, which applied from 1 July 2026 and resumes automatically on 1 March 2027. | Per kilometre | $1.01 | $1.05 |
On-call allowance — Monday to Friday (cl 20.11(a)) 2.0% of the standard rate, from the finish of ordinary duty on Monday to the finish of ordinary duty on Friday. Being on call means being available for recall to duty and/or for remote work. | Per 24-hour period or part thereof | $25.66 | $25.66 |
On-call allowance — weekends and public holidays (cl 20.11(b)) 3.96% of the standard rate, for any other 24-hour period or any part of a public holiday. Saturday, Sunday and public holidays all share this one amount. | Per 24-hour period or part thereof | $50.81 | $50.81 |
Sleepover allowance (cl 25.7(d)) 4.9% of the standard rate for each night the employee is required to sleep over at the client's premises, on top of the free board and lodging the clause requires. Being woken to work is paid at the overtime rate with a minimum as for one hour. The award prints the percentage only — the dollar figure is computed from the standard rate. | Per night | $62.87 | $62.87 |
Penalty Rates
Saturday — ordinary hours (cl 26.1)150%
Full-time and part-time employees. Weekend rates substitute for the clause 29 shift loadings rather than adding to them, and do not apply to overtime.
Sunday — ordinary hours (cl 26.1)200%
Full-time and part-time employees. Substitutes for the clause 29 shift loadings and does not apply to overtime.
Public holiday — ordinary hours (cl 34.2(a))250%
Double time and a half for all time worked by a full-time or part-time employee. Substitutes for any shift or weekend premium that would otherwise apply.
Afternoon shift loading (cl 29.2(a), 29.3)12.5%
Added to the ordinary rate for the whole shift where the shift finishes after 8:00 pm and at or before midnight, Monday to Friday. This award classifies a shift by when it FINISHES, not by when it starts.
Night shift loading (cl 29.2(b), 29.3)15%
Whole-of-shift loading where the shift finishes after midnight, or commences before 6:00 am, Monday to Friday.
Casual loading — ordinary hours (cl 10.4)125%
The minimum hourly rate for the employee's classification plus a 25% loading, paid on every ordinary hour in place of the entitlements casual employees are excluded from.
Casual Saturday (cl 26.4)175%
An absolute, loading-inclusive rate — not the permanent 150% with a further 25% stacked on top.
Casual Sunday (cl 26.4)225%
Absolute and loading-inclusive, like the casual Saturday rate.
Casual public holiday (cl 34.2(d))275%
Absolute and loading-inclusive.
Overtime — Monday to Saturday, first two hours (cl 28.1)150%
Time and a half for the first two hours of overtime in a day.
Overtime — Monday to Saturday, after the first two hours (cl 28.1)200%
Double time. Saturday overtime runs the same tiered progression as Monday to Friday — it has no flat rate of its own.
Overtime — Sunday (cl 28.1)200%
Double time, flat, for all overtime hours.
Overtime — public holiday (cl 28.1)250%
Double time and a half, flat, for all overtime hours.
Casual overtime — Monday to Saturday, first two hours (cl 28.1(b))187.5%
The 25% casual loading compounds into each overtime multiplier.
Casual overtime — Monday to Saturday, after the first two hours (cl 28.1(b))250%
Double time with the casual loading compounded in.
Casual overtime — Sunday (cl 28.1(b))250%
Flat rate for all casual overtime hours on a Sunday.
Casual overtime — public holiday (cl 28.1(b))312.5%
Flat rate for all casual overtime hours on a public holiday.
Recall to overtime (cl 28.4)Minimum 2 hours' pay
Each recall to work attracts at least two hours at the appropriate overtime rate.
Rest period not taken after overtime (cl 28.3)200%
Double time until released from duty, where an employee is required to resume or continue work without 10 consecutive hours off.
Remote work outside 6:00 am – 8:00 pm (cl 25.10(d))150% / 200%
First two hours then thereafter; casual 175% / 225%. Remote work on a Saturday is 150% (175% casual), on a Sunday 200% (225% casual) and on a public holiday 250% (275% casual). These substitute for, and do not stack with, the weekend, shift and overtime clauses.
Notes
- •These are the minimum rates under the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 [MA000100] — the national modern award that covers most NDIS support workers employed by a registered or unregistered provider. Rates apply from the first full pay period starting on or after 1 July 2026. Many providers pay above the award under an enterprise agreement or their own contracts.
- •The award never uses the words "NDIS support worker". A provider classifies the role under one of the award schedules instead, and the tabs on this page are the four that can apply to disability support work.
- •Only employees are covered. A self-employed or sole-trader support worker contracting directly with participants is not covered by this award and sets their own rates.
- •No equal remuneration order applies to this stream, so the award's printed weekly minimum divided by 38 ordinary hours is the operative rate.
- •Hourly rates are the figures the award (or its equal remuneration order) publishes, or the printed weekly minimum divided by 38 ordinary hours where no hourly figure is published. The weekly and annual equivalents shown are derived from the hourly figure, so they can sit a few cents away from the award's own printed weekly column, which is rounded at a different step.
- •The minimum payment for each shift, or for each period of a broken shift, is 2 hours (cl 10.5(b)). The 3-hour minimum in clause 10.5(a) is for social and community services employees who are not undertaking disability services work.
- •The award's "standard rate" (cl 3) is the weekly minimum wage for a social and community services employee at Level 3, pay point 3 — the plain clause 15.3 figure, not the equal-remuneration rate that classification is actually paid. The first aid, on-call, broken shift and sleepover allowances are all percentages of that standard rate, which is why they are the same dollar figure on every tab.
- •Overtime for part-time and casual employees starts above 38 hours a week or 76 a fortnight, or above 10 hours in a day or in a shift — 12 hours where part of the shift is worked immediately before and after a sleepover (cl 28.1(b), as varied from 1 June 2026). Overtime can be banked as time off in lieu by written agreement on each occasion and must be taken within three months (cl 28.2).
- •Remote work (cl 25.10) carries its own minimum payments: 15 minutes when on call between 6:00 am and 10:00 pm, 30 minutes when on call between 10:00 pm and 6:00 am, and 1 hour when not on call or for a staff meeting or training session attended remotely. Time beyond the minimum rounds up to the nearest 15 minutes, and the clause 10.5 minimum payment does not apply to remote work.
- •Clause 20 also carries entitlements with no fixed rate: travel, fares and accommodation while travelling on duty (cl 20.7(b)–(d)), telephone installation and rental for an on-call phone (cl 20.8) and repair or replacement of non-uniform clothing (cl 20.4) are all reimbursement of the actual cost. Board and lodging (cl 20.10) is a deduction from wages where the employer provides accommodation, not a payment, and the heat allowance (cl 20.9(c)) is grandfathered to employees engaged before 8 August 1991. None of these appear in the allowances table.
- •Home care employees doing aged care work (cl 17.2, Schedule F) are deliberately not shown here — that stream belongs to in-home aged care rather than NDIS support work. Aged care rates are on the Aged Care Award page at /wages/aged-care/.
- •Broken shifts (cl 25.6) and 24-hour care (cl 25.8) do not apply to family day care employees — those clauses are limited to social and community services employees doing disability services work and to home care employees.
- •Source: Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 [MA000100], Fair Work Commission — consolidated award text incorporating amendments to 1 September 2026 (PR813674), with rates effective from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026 (PR799380). fwc.gov.au
Roles & Wages
| Role | Pay Point | July 2026 |
|---|---|---|
Home care support worker — Level 1 Schedule E.1 Less than 12 months of industry experience; basic domestic assistance and support tasks such as cleaning, shopping and meal preparation. The classic entry-level in-home NDIS support role. Level 1 has a single pay point. | Level 1 — Pay Point 1 | $27.28 $54,078.05 / yr |
Home care support worker — Level 2 Schedule E.2 Developed skills; personal care including hygiene, dressing, medication monitoring and catheter care. May assist in supervising others. | Level 2 — Pay Point 1 | $28.86 $57,210.14 / yr |
| Level 2 — Pay Point 2 | $29.06 $57,606.61 / yr | |
Home care support worker (Cert III) — Level 3 Schedule E.3 Certificate III or the on-the-job equivalent; specialised and co-ordinating tasks, may direct up to four support staff and liaise with dietitians on meal planning. | Level 3 — Pay Point 1 | $29.45 $58,379.72 / yr |
| Level 3 — Pay Point 2 | $30.36 $60,183.64 / yr | |
Home care team leader — Level 4 Schedule E.4 Exercises discretion within standard practices; rosters and leads direct-care staff and develops care plans. | Level 4 — Pay Point 1 | $32.13 $63,692.37 / yr |
| Level 4 — Pay Point 2 | $32.77 $64,961.06 / yr | |
Home care co-ordinator — Level 5 Schedule E.5 Care co-ordinator, foreperson or maintenance supervisor; co-ordinates resources and trains supervised staff. | Level 5 — Pay Point 1 | $34.45 $68,291.38 / yr |
| Level 5 — Pay Point 2 | $35.81 $70,987.36 / yr |
Hourly rates calculated as: Source hourly rate. Annual equivalent shown beneath each rate.
Allowances
| Allowance | Unit | July 2026 | Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
Uniform allowance (cl 20.2(b)) Where the employer requires a uniform but does not supply one. The clause also sets a weekly arm of $6.41 and the lesser of the two amounts is payable. | Per shift or part shift | $1.26 | $1.26 |
Laundry allowance (cl 20.2(b)) Where a required uniform is not laundered by the employer. The weekly arm is $1.53 and the lesser of the two amounts is payable. | Per shift or part shift | $0.33 | $0.33 |
Laundering of soiled clothing (cl 20.3) Where clothing that is not a uniform is soiled at work and has to be laundered. A separate entitlement from the uniform laundry allowance above. | Per shift | $0.33 | $0.33 |
Meal allowance (cl 20.5(a)) Payable when an employee is required to work overtime past the usual meal break without reasonable notice. A further allowance of the same amount is payable where the overtime exceeds four hours. Not payable where the employee could reasonably go home to eat. | Per meal | $17.30 | $17.30 |
First aid allowance (cl 20.6) 1.67% of the standard rate, for a full-time employee holding a current first aid qualification the employer requires them to hold. Paid pro rata to part-time and casual employees on a 38-hour basis. The award prints the percentage only — the dollar figure is computed from the standard rate. | Per week | $21.43 | $21.43 |
Vehicle allowance — own vehicle used on duty (cl 20.7) Clause 20.7(aa), inserted by PR813674, sets a higher temporary rate for 1 September 2026 to 28 February 2027 only. It is expressly not an adjustment to the standing clause 20.7(a) rate, which applied from 1 July 2026 and resumes automatically on 1 March 2027. | Per kilometre | $1.01 | $1.05 |
On-call allowance — Monday to Friday (cl 20.11(a)) 2.0% of the standard rate, from the finish of ordinary duty on Monday to the finish of ordinary duty on Friday. Being on call means being available for recall to duty and/or for remote work. | Per 24-hour period or part thereof | $25.66 | $25.66 |
On-call allowance — weekends and public holidays (cl 20.11(b)) 3.96% of the standard rate, for any other 24-hour period or any part of a public holiday. Saturday, Sunday and public holidays all share this one amount. | Per 24-hour period or part thereof | $50.81 | $50.81 |
Sleepover allowance (cl 25.7(d)) 4.9% of the standard rate for each night the employee is required to sleep over at the client's premises, on top of the free board and lodging the clause requires. Being woken to work is paid at the overtime rate with a minimum as for one hour. The award prints the percentage only — the dollar figure is computed from the standard rate. | Per night | $62.87 | $62.87 |
Broken shift allowance — one unpaid break (cl 20.12(a)) 1.7% of the standard rate. A broken shift with a single unpaid break can be rostered by the employer without agreement. | Per broken shift | $21.81 | $21.81 |
Broken shift allowance — two unpaid breaks (cl 20.12(b)) 2.25% of the standard rate. Two unpaid breaks require the employee to agree on each occasion, or a standing agreed pattern of work under clause 10.3. | Per broken shift | $28.87 | $28.87 |
Penalty Rates
Saturday — ordinary hours (cl 26.1)150%
Full-time and part-time employees. Weekend rates substitute for the clause 29 shift loadings rather than adding to them, and do not apply to overtime.
Sunday — ordinary hours (cl 26.1)200%
Full-time and part-time employees. Substitutes for the clause 29 shift loadings and does not apply to overtime.
Public holiday — ordinary hours (cl 34.2(a))250%
Double time and a half for all time worked by a full-time or part-time employee. Substitutes for any shift or weekend premium that would otherwise apply.
Afternoon shift loading (cl 29.2(a), 29.3)12.5%
Added to the ordinary rate for the whole shift where the shift finishes after 8:00 pm and at or before midnight, Monday to Friday. This award classifies a shift by when it FINISHES, not by when it starts.
Night shift loading (cl 29.2(b), 29.3)15%
Whole-of-shift loading where the shift finishes after midnight, or commences before 6:00 am, Monday to Friday.
Casual loading — ordinary hours (cl 10.4)125%
The minimum hourly rate for the employee's classification plus a 25% loading, paid on every ordinary hour in place of the entitlements casual employees are excluded from.
Casual Saturday (cl 26.4)175%
An absolute, loading-inclusive rate — not the permanent 150% with a further 25% stacked on top.
Casual Sunday (cl 26.4)225%
Absolute and loading-inclusive, like the casual Saturday rate.
Casual public holiday (cl 34.2(d))275%
Absolute and loading-inclusive.
Overtime — Monday to Saturday, first two hours (cl 28.1)150%
Time and a half for the first two hours of overtime in a day.
Overtime — Monday to Saturday, after the first two hours (cl 28.1)200%
Double time. Saturday overtime runs the same tiered progression as Monday to Friday — it has no flat rate of its own.
Overtime — Sunday (cl 28.1)200%
Double time, flat, for all overtime hours.
Overtime — public holiday (cl 28.1)250%
Double time and a half, flat, for all overtime hours.
Casual overtime — Monday to Saturday, first two hours (cl 28.1(b))187.5%
The 25% casual loading compounds into each overtime multiplier.
Casual overtime — Monday to Saturday, after the first two hours (cl 28.1(b))250%
Double time with the casual loading compounded in.
Casual overtime — Sunday (cl 28.1(b))250%
Flat rate for all casual overtime hours on a Sunday.
Casual overtime — public holiday (cl 28.1(b))312.5%
Flat rate for all casual overtime hours on a public holiday.
Recall to overtime (cl 28.4)Minimum 2 hours' pay
Each recall to work attracts at least two hours at the appropriate overtime rate.
Rest period not taken after overtime (cl 28.3)200%
Double time until released from duty, where an employee is required to resume or continue work without 10 consecutive hours off.
Remote work outside 6:00 am – 8:00 pm (cl 25.10(d))150% / 200%
First two hours then thereafter; casual 175% / 225%. Remote work on a Saturday is 150% (175% casual), on a Sunday 200% (225% casual) and on a public holiday 250% (275% casual). These substitute for, and do not stack with, the weekend, shift and overtime clauses.
Broken shift span beyond 12 hours (cl 25.6(f))200%
The span of a broken shift is capped at 12 hours; any time worked beyond the span is paid at double time. A 10-hour break is required between broken shifts on successive days.
24-hour care (cl 25.8(d))155% for 8 hours
Each 24-hour care period is paid as eight hours' work at 155% of the appropriate rate. Hours of actual care beyond eight in the period are overtime — time and a half then double time, except Sunday (double time flat) and public holidays (double time and a half flat).
Notes
- •These are the minimum rates under the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 [MA000100] — the national modern award that covers most NDIS support workers employed by a registered or unregistered provider. Rates apply from the first full pay period starting on or after 1 July 2026. Many providers pay above the award under an enterprise agreement or their own contracts.
- •The award never uses the words "NDIS support worker". A provider classifies the role under one of the award schedules instead, and the tabs on this page are the four that can apply to disability support work.
- •Only employees are covered. A self-employed or sole-trader support worker contracting directly with participants is not covered by this award and sets their own rates.
- •No equal remuneration order applies to this stream, so the award's printed weekly minimum divided by 38 ordinary hours is the operative rate.
- •Hourly rates are the figures the award (or its equal remuneration order) publishes, or the printed weekly minimum divided by 38 ordinary hours where no hourly figure is published. The weekly and annual equivalents shown are derived from the hourly figure, so they can sit a few cents away from the award's own printed weekly column, which is rounded at a different step.
- •The minimum payment for each shift, or for each period of a broken shift, is 2 hours (cl 10.5(b)). The 3-hour minimum in clause 10.5(a) is for social and community services employees who are not undertaking disability services work.
- •The award's "standard rate" (cl 3) is the weekly minimum wage for a social and community services employee at Level 3, pay point 3 — the plain clause 15.3 figure, not the equal-remuneration rate that classification is actually paid. The first aid, on-call, broken shift and sleepover allowances are all percentages of that standard rate, which is why they are the same dollar figure on every tab.
- •Overtime for part-time and casual employees starts above 38 hours a week or 76 a fortnight, or above 10 hours in a day or in a shift — 12 hours where part of the shift is worked immediately before and after a sleepover (cl 28.1(b), as varied from 1 June 2026). Overtime can be banked as time off in lieu by written agreement on each occasion and must be taken within three months (cl 28.2).
- •Remote work (cl 25.10) carries its own minimum payments: 15 minutes when on call between 6:00 am and 10:00 pm, 30 minutes when on call between 10:00 pm and 6:00 am, and 1 hour when not on call or for a staff meeting or training session attended remotely. Time beyond the minimum rounds up to the nearest 15 minutes, and the clause 10.5 minimum payment does not apply to remote work.
- •Clause 20 also carries entitlements with no fixed rate: travel, fares and accommodation while travelling on duty (cl 20.7(b)–(d)), telephone installation and rental for an on-call phone (cl 20.8) and repair or replacement of non-uniform clothing (cl 20.4) are all reimbursement of the actual cost. Board and lodging (cl 20.10) is a deduction from wages where the employer provides accommodation, not a payment, and the heat allowance (cl 20.9(c)) is grandfathered to employees engaged before 8 August 1991. None of these appear in the allowances table.
- •Home care employees doing aged care work (cl 17.2, Schedule F) are deliberately not shown here — that stream belongs to in-home aged care rather than NDIS support work. Aged care rates are on the Aged Care Award page at /wages/aged-care/.
- •The award does not settle which schedule an NDIS support worker belongs to. Clause 3's definition of the social and community services sector takes in personal, therapeutic, domestic and lifestyle support for a person with a disability, and a note confirms that working in a private residence or an outreach setting does not rule out Schedule B. The same job can therefore be classified under Schedule B (social and community services) or Schedule E (home care — disability care), which pay differently at equivalent experience. Check your contract and payslip for the schedule, level and pay point you are engaged under.
- •24-hour care (cl 25.8) applies only to home care employees. The employee stays available in the client's home for 24 hours, provides up to eight hours of actual care, and gets an eight-hour sleep opportunity with the same board and lodging provisions as a sleepover. It needs the employee's agreement, and hours of care beyond eight in the period are overtime.
- •Broken shifts (cl 25.6) apply to home care employees. One unpaid break can be rostered by the employer; two need agreement on each occasion. The span of a broken shift is capped at 12 hours and a 10-hour break is required between broken shifts on successive days.
- •Source: Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 [MA000100], Fair Work Commission — consolidated award text incorporating amendments to 1 September 2026 (PR813674), with rates effective from the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026 (PR799380). fwc.gov.au
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