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SCHADS pay calculator

Enter a shift and a base rate to see each pay line, its multiplier and the award clause it comes from, for the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Award. Allowance amounts as at 1 July 2026. General information, not payroll advice. Free, no signup.

Minimum rates change on 1 December 2026
From 1 December 2026, home care disability employees covered by the SCHADS Award will receive an initial increase of up to 15% to their minimum award rates. Other changes to the award start from 1 October 2027. Read the Fair Work pay guides before you set pay for those shifts.
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Periods of work (24-hour times)

An end time at or before the start time means the period ends the next day.

Enter the base hourly rate for the worker's level and the shift times to see each pay line with its award clause.

What you get, and where it stops

This calculator shows what the award says about one shift. Here is what it covers and where your payroll process takes over.

What it does

  • Splits one shift into ordinary, afternoon, night, Saturday, Sunday, public holiday and overtime pay lines.
  • Applies the casual loading and the award's own casual weekend and holiday rates (175%, 225%, 275%).
  • Adds the broken shift and sleepover allowances, and tops a short casual or part-time shift up to the minimum payment (2 hours, or 3 for some social and community services staff not on disability work).
  • Names the award clause beside every line so you can look the rule up.

What it does not do

  • Does not work out tax withholding, superannuation, leave or payslips, and does not run payroll.
  • Does not know your classification level or pay point. You type the base rate from the Fair Work pay guide.
  • Does not look up public holidays. You tick a box when the shift date is one, and another when the day after it is one (for a shift that runs past midnight).
  • Looks at one shift, so overtime for more than 38 hours in a week is not counted across several shifts here.

If you want the record kept

Splits approved roster hours into SCHADS award pay categories and exports a CSV file for payroll. That is part of Invio Care for NDIS providers with a team. See what each plan adds

The multipliers and allowances this calculator uses

Allowance amounts as at 1 July 2026. The multipliers are percentages of the worker's base hourly rate. Both tables are read from the same code the calculator runs.

General information, not payroll advice
This calculator is general information only. It does not replace the award, a payroll adviser or your own check of the Fair Work pay guide. Rates and allowances change, and Fair Work says home care disability employees get an initial increase of up to 15% to their minimum rates from 1 December 2026. Always confirm against the Fair Work pay guide before you pay anyone. Invio is an independent company and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Fair Work.

Pay categories

Pay categoryOrdinary hoursFull-time and part-time100%Casual125%Award clauseClause 10.4 (casual loading)
Pay categoryAfternoon shift (shiftworker)Full-time and part-time112.5%Casual137.5%Award clauseClause 29.3(a)
Pay categoryNight shift (shiftworker)Full-time and part-time115%Casual140%Award clauseClause 29.3(b)
Pay categorySaturdayFull-time and part-time150%Casual175%Award clauseClause 26.1; casual Clause 26.4(a)
Pay categorySundayFull-time and part-time200%Casual225%Award clauseClause 26.1; casual Clause 26.4(b)
Pay categoryPublic holidayFull-time and part-time250%Casual275%Award clauseClause 34.2(a); casual Clause 34.2(d)
Pay categoryOvertime, Monday to Saturday, first 2 hoursFull-time and part-time150%Casual175%Award clauseClause 28.1(a)(i)
Pay categoryOvertime, Monday to Saturday, after 2 hoursFull-time and part-time200%Casual225%Award clauseClause 28.1(a)(ii)
Pay categoryOvertime, SundayFull-time and part-time200%Casual225%Award clauseClause 28.1(a)(iii)
Pay categoryOvertime, public holidayFull-time and part-time250%Casual275%Award clauseClause 28.1(a)(iv)

Allowances

AllowanceBroken shift, 1 unpaid breakAmount from 1 July 2026A$21.81Award clauseClause 20.12(a)
AllowanceBroken shift, 2 unpaid breaks (needs the worker's agreement)Amount from 1 July 2026A$28.87Award clauseClause 20.12(b)
AllowanceSleepover, each nightAmount from 1 July 2026A$62.87Award clauseClause 25.7(d)

How the shift is split

The calculator walks the shift minute by minute on the clock on the wall. A public holiday beats everything else, then overtime, then Sunday, then Saturday, then the afternoon or night loading for a shiftworker, then ordinary hours. Casual and part-time staff are paid for at least 2 hours, or 3 for some social and community services staff not on disability work (Clause 10.5). The unpaid meal break is put in the middle of the first period long enough to hold it; the award does not say where it falls.

What it needs from you

The worker's base hourly rate for their level and pay point, taken from the Fair Work pay guide for the shift date, and whether the shift date is a public holiday where the work is done. The calculator has no state, so it cannot look the holiday up for you.

The award is the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 [MA000100]; Fair Work publishes its full text at awards.fairwork.gov.au.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the casual loading under the SCHADS Award?
25% on top of the ordinary rate (Clause 10.4), so a casual's ordinary hours are paid at 125% of the base rate. On Saturday, Sunday and public holidays the award prints the casual rate as already including the loading: 175%, 225% and 275% (Clause 26.4(a), Clause 26.4(b), Clause 34.2(d)).
How much is a casual paid on a Saturday or Sunday under SCHADS?
175% of the base rate on a Saturday and 225% on a Sunday, both inclusive of the casual loading. A full-time or part-time employee is paid 150% on a Saturday and 200% on a Sunday (Clause 26.1). The calculator above applies these to the hours you enter.
What is the SCHADS broken shift allowance?
A broken shift is a shift worked in two or more periods with an unpaid break between them (Clause 25.6(a)). The allowance is A$21.81 for one unpaid break and A$28.87 for two (Clause 20.12(a) and Clause 20.12(b)), as the amounts stand from 1 July 2026. A shift with two unpaid breaks needs the worker's agreement. The calculator adds the allowance when you enter two or more periods.
What is the SCHADS sleepover allowance?
A$62.87 for each sleepover night, from 1 July 2026 (Clause 25.7(d)). Work done during the sleepover is paid separately at an overtime rate for at least one hour (Clause 25.7(e)). Enter the sleepover start time and the minutes of active work in the calculator to see both.
What does the calculator not work out?
Tax, superannuation, leave, payslips and your actual pay run. It shows gross pay lines for one shift, with the award clause each line comes from. It does not know your classification level or pay point: you type the base hourly rate for the worker's level from the Fair Work pay guide.
What happens on 1 December 2026?
Fair Work says that from 1 December 2026, home care disability employees covered by the SCHADS Award will receive an initial increase of up to 15% to their minimum award rates (Fair Work Ombudsman pay guides page, read 22 October 2026). The calculator uses the base rate you type, so enter the rate that applies on the shift date from the current pay guide. It adds a note to any shift on or after that date as a reminder to check the rate and the allowance amounts.
Where do I find the base hourly rate for a level and pay point?
In the Fair Work pay guide for the award. Fair Work also runs its own Pay Calculator and publishes the full text of the award. Use the rate that applies on the date of the shift.
Does this page store or send what I type?
No. The calculation runs in your browser with the same award code Invio uses, and nothing you enter is sent to a server, saved or logged.
Can Invio work this out from my roster?
Splits approved roster hours into SCHADS award pay categories and exports a CSV file for payroll. It is part of Invio Care. Care is A$79 a month including 3 workers, then A$8 a worker for workers 4 to 10, A$7 for 11 to 30, A$6 from the 31st. Invio interprets hours into award pay categories; it does not run payroll or pay anyone.

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