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Road Transport and Distribution Award 2020 (MA000038)

This article provides guidelines about when to use the different work types and tags that are included as part of the pre-built Road Transport and Distribution award 2020 (MA000038) package. For further information about the Road Transport and Distribution award 2020, refer to Road Transport and Distribution Award. 

Note that there is a combined award covering both Road Transport and Distribution award 2020 (MA000038 and Road Transport (Long Distance Operations) Award 2020 (MA000039). If you require the Long Distance Award (MA000039), you must install the combined award instead of the standalone MA000038 package.

Key updates

  See the current financial year tab to see award updates for the 2024/25 financial year.

Current financial year
December 2024

4th

We have updated the allowance pay rates and rules to reflect recent changes to the Pay and Conditions Tool (PACT) and the pay guide, effective November 28, 2024. These updates will affect the calculation and payment of allowances, in accordance with clause 19.2 of the award. Full-time employees will receive allowances at a weekly rate, while Part-time and Casual employees will have allowances calculated at 1/38 per hour, up to a maximum of 38 hours, which may result in slight rounding differences. The affected allowances include:

  • Carting Tar Allowance
  • Driver-Salesperson Allowance
  • First Aid Allowance
  • Furniture Carter Allowance
  • Garbage Collecting Vehicle Allowance
  • Leading Hand Allowance
  • Livestock Carter Allowance
  • Money Handling Allowance
  • Sanitary Vehicle Allowance

For further details, please refer to the most recent Fair Work pay guide or visit the PACT calculator.

Additionally, we have updated the rule for "Handling money between $20 and $200" across all pay condition rulesets to ensure accurate allowance payments. A new work type and rule have also been added for the Driver-Salesperson Allowance under the Casual Employees – Short Distance Operations rule set.

Important: If you have an open or unfinalised pay run, you will need to delete and recreate the pay run after installing the update to ensure these changes are reflected.

Installing and configuring the pre-built award package

For details on how to install and configure this pre-built award template, please review the detailed help article here.

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Coverage

What is covered in this industry award

This industry award covers employers throughout Australia in the road transport and distribution industry, defined as follows:

  1. The transport by road of goods, whether in its raw state or natural state; wholly or partly manufactured state, or of a solid or liquid or gaseous nature or otherwise, and/or livestock, including where the work performed is ancillary to the principal business, undertaking or industry of the employer
  2. The receiving, handling or storing of goods whether in its raw state or natural state, wholly or partly manufactured state, or of a solid or liquid or gaseous nature or otherwise in a distribution facility
  3. The storage and distribution of goods, whether in its raw state or natural state, wholly or partly manufactured state, or of a solid or liquid or gaseous nature or otherwise, and/or livestock where the storage and distribution activities are carried out in connection with air freight forwarding and customs clearance
  4. The wholesale transport and delivery by road of meat from abattoirs, slaughterhouses and wholesale meat depots
  5. Mobile food vending
  6. The cartage and/or distribution, in tankers, of petrol or bulk petroleum products (in the raw or manufactured state) from refineries, terminals or depots of oil companies and/or distributors
  7. The cartage and/or distribution on road vehicles of packaged petroleum products (in the raw or manufactured state) from refineries, terminals or depots of oil companies and/or distributors and the transport and/or distribution of petrol and petroleum products (in the raw or manufactured state) for distributors of oil companies or for contractors or subcontractors to such distributors;
  8. The road transport of crude oil or gas condensate
  9. The transport on public roads of milk and cream in bulk and the transport, vending and distribution of milk, cream, butter, cheese and their derivatives (including fruit juices, yoghurt and custard)
  10. The cartage by road of quarried materials.

See Section 4 of the award for more information and exclusions.

Special Notes

The clauses listed in the table below were not included in the award. If you need any of these clauses, it is necessary to create or customise the award.

Clauses not included in the award
Clause no. Clause Name Details
19.3(b) Wage-related allowances - Special vehicle allowances

Need to create customise rules to enable the special vehicle allowance to be added as an all-purpose allowance. 

Work types

The following is a list of work types employees can select on their timesheet.

Annual leave taken

Choose this work type when annual leave is taken.

Call back to work
Choose this work type when you have been called back to work after having left the workplace.
Carting bulky dangerous goods
Choose this work type when engaged in transporting bulk dangerous goods or carting explosives in conformity with the Australian explosives code by public road. (N.B., you do not have to select this work type if you are tagged with "Transport bulky dangerous goods").
Carting carbon black

Choose this work type when engaged in carting, loading, and/or unloading carbon black except when packed in sealed metal containers. (N.B., you do not have to select this work type if you are tagged with "Carting carbon black"). 

Carting dirty material
Choose this work type when engaged in carting loading, and/or unloading dirty material as defined in clause 3 of the award. (N.B., you do not have to select this work type if you are tagged with "Carting dirty material"). 
Carting livestock
Choose this work type if you are a recognised livestock carter carting livestock. (N.B., you do not have to select this work type if you are tagged with "Livestock carter"). 
Carting offensive material

Choose this work type when engaged in carting loading, and/or unloading offensive material, as defined in clause 3 of the award. (N.B., you do not have to select this work type if you are tagged with "Carting offensive material"). 

Carting packaged dangerous goods
Choose this work type when engaged in transporting packaged dangerous goods, as defined in the Australian Dangerous Goods Code, that require placarding by public road. (N.B., you do not have to select this work type if you are tagged with "Transport packaged dangerous goods"). 
Carting tar
Choose this work type when engaged in carting tar (other than in sealed containers) for immediate spreading upon streets, tar in unsealed containers, or tarred material for spreading upon streets and/or spreading either of them upon streets. (N.B., you do not have to select this work type if you are tagged with "Carting tar"). 
Change of shift work without notice

Choose this work type if you are a shift worker and have not been provided with 48 hours notice of any shift change or if you have transferred from day work to shift work (and vice versa) with less than 48 hours notice. 

Community service leave taken

Choose this work type when community service leave is taken.

Compassionate leave taken

Choose this work type when compassionate leave is taken.

Driver-salesperson

Choose this work type when engaged to sell goods or articles without receipt of commission when such goods are sold. (N.B., you do not have to select this work type if you are tagged with "Driver-salesperson"). 

Driving garbage collection vehicle
Choose this work type when engaged to drive a vehicle collecting garbage. (N.B., you do not have to select this work type if you are tagged with "Garbage collection"). 
Driving a sanitary vehicle
Choose this work type when engaged to drive a sanitary vehicle. (N.B., you do not have to select this work type if you are tagged with "Sanitary driver"). 
Driving vehicle - length exceeds the limit

Choose this work type when engaged to drive a motor vehicle in excess of the limit in length, as prescribed by or under any State or Commonwealth Act.

Driving vehicle - mounted with side-lifting crane
Choose this work type when engaged to drive a motor vehicle with a side-lifter crane mounted on the vehicle.
Driving vehicle - mounted with truck-loading crane
Choose this work type when engaged to drive a motor vehicle with a truck loading crane mounted on the vehicle.
Driving vehicle - width exceeds 3.5 metres

Choose this work type when engaged to drive a motor vehicle in excess of 3.5 metres in width or transport a load in excess of that width.

Hours worked

Use this work type to represent ordinary hours, unless another work type is more specific.

Leave without pay

Choose this work type when any unpaid leave is taken.

Long service leave taken

Choose this work type when long service leave is taken.

No meal break

Choose this work type when an employee is directed by an employer to work in excess of 5 hours and 30 minutes without a meal break.

Number of coffins handled
Choose this work type to enter the number of coffins containing human remains are handled.
Personal/carer's leave taken

Choose this work type when personal or carer's leave is taken.

Public holiday not worked
Choose this work type if you are a permanent employee not required to work on a gazetted public holiday but would have otherwise worked had it not been a public holiday.
RDO leave taken

Choose this work type when an accumulated RDO day is taken.

Time in lieu leave taken

Choose this work type when time in lieu leave is taken.

Travelling allowance (short distance)

Choose this work type for payment of incurred travelling expenses.

Tags

The following tags are available for application to employees under the Road Transport and Distribution award 2010.

3 day roster - rural oil distribution operations

Assign this tag to an employee engaged in rural distribution operations where agreement has been reached to work ordinary working hours over any three consecutive days, Monday to Saturday.

Carting carbon black
Assign this tag to an employee permanently engaged (or permanently engaged for a period of time) in carting, loading, and/or unloading carbon black except when packed in sealed metal containers.
Carting dirty material
Assign this tag to an employee permanently engaged (or permanently engaged for a period of time) in carting, loading, and/or unloading dirty material.
Carting offensive material

Assign this tag to an employee permanently engaged (or permanently engaged for a period of time) in carting, loading, and/or unloading offensive material.

Carting tar
Assign this tag to an employee permanently engaged (or permanently engaged for a period of time) in carting tar (other than in sealed containers) for immediate spreading upon streets, tar in unsealed containers, or tarred material for spreading upon streets and/or spreading either of them upon streets.
Delivers live poultry
Assign this tag to an employee permanently engaged (or permanently engaged for a period of time) in loading, transporting and delivery of live poultry from poultry farms to poultry processing plants where the commencement of ordinary hours are between 12:01am and 6:00am Monday to Friday.  
Delivers meat

Assign this tag to an employee permanently engaged (or permanently engaged for a period of time) in loading, transporting and delivery of butcher’s meat from abattoirs or meat works and where such meat is to be used for human consumption where the commencement of ordinary hours are between 12:01am and 6:00am Monday to Friday.

Delivers newspapers
Assign this tag to an employee permanently engaged (or permanently engaged for a period of time) in transporting and delivery of daily newspapers where the commencement of ordinary hours are between 12:01am and 6:00am Monday to Friday.  
Driver-salesperson
Assign this tag to a driver permanently engaged (or permanently engaged for a period of time) in selling goods or articles without receipt of commission when such goods are sold.
Employed at a fish, fruit or vegetable store

Assign this tag to a driver permanently engaged (or permanently engaged for a period of time) in a fish, fruit or vegetable store where the commencement of ordinary hours are between 12.01am and 6:00am Monday to Friday.

Furniture carter
Assign this tag to an employee who is a recognised furniture carter permanently engaged (or permanently engaged for a period of time) in removing and/or delivering furniture. 
Garbage collection
Assign this tag to an employee permanently engaged (or permanently engaged for a period of time) to drive a vehicle collecting garbage. 
Handling money up to $20

Assign this tag to an employee permanently engaged (or permanently engaged for a period of time) to collect or pay out money, excluding non-negotiable cheques, and who is responsible for the safe custody of up to $20 collected to be paid out.

Handling money between $20-$200
Assign this tag to an employee permanently engaged (or permanently engaged for a period of time) to collect or pay out money, excluding non-negotiable cheques, and who is responsible for the safe custody of up to $200 collected to be paid out.
Handling money between $200-$600
Assign this tag to an employee permanently engaged (or permanently engaged for a period of time) to collect or pay out money, excluding non-negotiable cheques, and who is responsible for the safe custody of up to $600 collected to be paid out.
Handling money between $600-$1,000

Assign this tag to an employee permanently engaged (or permanently engaged for a period of time) to collect or pay out money, excluding non-negotiable cheques, and who is responsible for the safe custody of up to $1,000 collected to be paid out.

Handling money between $1,000-$1,200
Assign this tag to an employee permanently engaged (or permanently engaged for a period of time) to collect or pay out money, excluding non-negotiable cheques, and who is responsible for the safe custody of up to $1,200 collected to be paid out.
Handling money between $1,200-$1,600
Assign this tag to an employee permanently engaged (or permanently engaged for a period of time) to collect or pay out money, excluding non-negotiable cheques, and who is responsible for the safe custody of up to $1,600 collected to be paid out.
Handling money between $1,600-$2,000

Assign this tag to an employee permanently engaged (or permanently engaged for a period of time) to collect or pay out money, excluding non-negotiable cheques, and who is responsible for the safe custody of up to $2,000 collected to be paid out.

Handling money over $2,000
Assign this tag to an employee permanently engaged (or permanently engaged for a period of time) to collect or pay out money, excluding non-negotiable cheques, and who is responsible for the safe custody of over $2,000 collected to be paid out.
In charge of 3-10 employees

Assign this tag to an employee permanently appointed (or permanently appointed for a period of time) as a leading hand in charge of not less than 3 and not more than 10 employees.

In charge of 11-20 employees

Assign this tag to an employee permanently appointed (or permanently appointed for a period of time) as a leading hand in charge of more than 10, but not more than 20 employees.

In charge of more than 20 employees
Assign this tag to an employee permanently appointed (or permanently appointed for a period of time) as a leading hand in charge of more than 20 employees.
Livestock carter
Assign this tag to a recognised livestock carter permanently engaged (or permanently engaged for a period of time) in carting livestock.
Ordinary hours include weekends
Assign this tag to an employee where agreement has been reached to include Saturday and Sunday as days on which ordinary hours are worked.
Performs first aid duties
Assign this tag to an employee holding a current first aid qualification permanently appointed (or permanently appointed for a period of time) to perform first aid duties.
Rostered day off
Assign this tag to an employee who will accumulate RDO time, being 24 minutes for every 8-hour shift worked during ordinary hours.
Sanitary driver

Assign this tag to an employee permanently engaged (or permanently engaged for a period of time) in driving a sanitary vehicle.

Shift worker
Assign this tag to an employee primarily engaged as a shift worker in accordance with clause 24 of the award.
Time in lieu
Assign this tag to an employee who elects to permanently accrue time in lieu rather than be paid overtime penalties. Refer to clause 27.7 of the award.
Transport bulky dangerous goods

Assign this tag to an employee permanently engaged (or permanently engaged for a period of time) in transporting bulk dangerous goods or carting explosives in conformity with the Australian explosives code by public road.

Transport of packaged dangerous goods
Assign this tag to an employee permanently engaged (or permanently engaged for a period of time) in transporting packaged dangerous goods, as defined in the Australian Dangerous Goods Code, that require placarding by public road.
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