SCHADS breaches caught
before the roster goes live.
Most providers find a SCHADS breach after payroll runs — in a Fair Work back-pay claim months later. The Roster Agent checks every roster against the award before it is published. How it works.
The problem this agent addresses
A SIL workforce across full-time, part-time, and casual arrangements sits under the SCHADS Modern Award. The roster is built weekly by a coordinator using a scheduling tool that does not check award compliance automatically.
The coordinator understands the award at a high level but does not have time to check every shift against the full clause set before each roster goes out. Payroll software is the usual fallback, and it often lacks the granularity to detect split-shift overtime, sleepover classification errors, or regional public holiday loading gaps. The result is a breach that surfaces after payroll runs, when it is a back-pay liability rather than a correction.
The kinds of breach the agent is built to catch
- —Overtime threshold exceeded — a worker scheduled across a split shift without the required break
- —Sleepover rate incorrectly applied — active care required during a sleepover, full rate not calculated
- —Public holiday loading missing — staff rostered on a regional public holiday, loaded at the standard rate
- —Minimum engagement not met — a casual scheduled below the SCHADS 2-hour minimum
What the Roster Agent does
Every roster checked against the full SCHADS Modern Award before it is published — overtime thresholds, minimum engagement, sleepover classifications, public holiday loading, penalty rates, and break requirements.
Each breach flagged with the specific SCHADS clause, the affected worker, the shift in question, and the corrected calculation. Flagged before the roster goes to staff — not after payroll runs.
On-demand Fair Work-ready compliance report — covering all roster checks, flags raised, amendments made. Clause references included. Produced in minutes if an inspector asks.
The SCHADS checks can't be switched off. A manager can make a threshold stricter, never disable a check or hide a breach. Every breach is recorded whether or not it's actioned — so the audit trail shows it was caught, not buried.
How it runs
Load the award and the service profile
The Roster Agent is configured with the current SCHADS Modern Award — overtime thresholds, sleepover rates, public holiday loading, casual minimum engagement rules — and the provider's specific service-type classifications. It connects to the existing roster tool by export.
Every roster runs the gate before publish
Before a roster is sent to staff, it runs against the full award clause set. A breach is identified with the specific SCHADS clause, the affected worker, the shift in question, and the corrected calculation — so it can be amended before publication, not discovered after payroll.
Fair Work-ready record on demand
The agent keeps a log of every roster check, every flag raised, and every amendment made. If an inspector asks, the compliance report is produced in minutes with SCHADS clause references for each entry — rather than reconstructed by hand.
Checks cannot be switched off
A manager can make a threshold stricter, never disable a check or hide a breach. Every breach is recorded whether or not it is actioned, so the audit trail shows it was caught, not buried.
Where this stands
The Roster Agent is available as a standalone install. We have not yet published a client result for it. When a provider we install for consents to share their numbers, this page will carry the documented before and after — not before.
2026 — Payday Super changes
From July 2026, employers are required to pay superannuation on payday rather than quarterly. For providers with complex roster arrangements — shift workers, casual staff, irregular hours — this increases the frequency of calculations where errors can occur and compound. The Roster Agent is configured to flag super calculation exposure as part of each roster check.
The guarantee
Every roster is checked against the SCHADS Modern Award before it is published to staff, and any breach is flagged with the specific clause, worker, and corrected calculation. Guarantee terms are set per install and confirmed in writing before we begin.
One-time install. No retainer required.
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