NDIS Payroll Software with SCHADS Award Pay Estimates
Automated SCHADS Award (MA000100) pay estimates from GPS-verified timesheets to Xero
Stop calculating penalty loadings and broken shift allowances in spreadsheets. Alevora’s NDIS payroll software interprets the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award (MA000100) across weekday daytime, afternoon, night, Saturday, Sunday, and public holiday shifts, calculates sleepover and broken shift allowances, and exports pay runs to Xero.
What Alevora’s NDIS Payroll & SCHADS Engine Does
Paying disability support workers accurately under the SCHADS Award (MA000100) requires checking every shift against employment type (full-time, part-time, or casual), SACS or Home Care classification level and pay point, time-of-day finish boundaries, daily overtime thresholds, and allowances.
Alevora connects your approved timesheets directly to a built-in SCHADS calculation engine sourced from the Fair Work Commission award text and Fair Work Ombudsman pay guides. It prices each shift in your organisation’s local timezone and state public holiday calendar, enforces above-award floor protections so a SCHADS employee is never paid below the award minimum, and separates ABN contractor payment summaries from employee pay runs.
- Automatic penalty multipliers for weekday daytime, afternoon shift (finishing after 8:00 pm), night shift, Saturday, Sunday, and state public holidays.
- Casual loading (Clause 10.4) applied across ordinary weekday, afternoon, night, weekend, and public holiday shifts in line with the Fair Work Pay Guide.
- Overtime after 10 ordinary hours in a shift or day (Clause 28.1), including Sunday double-time overtime.
- Broken shift allowances (one or two unpaid breaks within a 12-hour span), sleepover allowances, sleepover disturbance overtime, and first aid and kilometre allowances.
SCHADS Award (MA000100) Interpretation
Calculates permanent and casual rates for weekday daytime, afternoon, night, Saturday, Sunday, and public holiday shifts, plus daily overtime after 10 hours.
Sleepovers & Broken Shift Allowances
Applies broken shift allowances (one or two unpaid breaks), overnight sleepover allowances, and sleepover disturbance overtime (minimum 1 hour per disturbance).
Pay Schedules & Contractor Summaries
Configure effective-dated custom pay schedules or above-award overrides for employees, and generate separate payment summaries for ABN contractors and agencies.
One-Click Xero Export & Pay Breakdowns
Export approved pay runs and balanced payroll journals to Xero, or download itemised CSV and PDF pay summaries showing every base, loading, and allowance line.
How it works step by step
Set worker classification or schedule
Assign each worker’s employment type and SCHADS level/pay point, or link an effective-dated pay schedule.
Approve GPS-verified timesheets
Coordinators review actual clocked hours, break minutes, travel kilometres, and any sleepover disturbances.
Review itemised SCHADS pay run
Alevora calculates ordinary hours, afternoon/night loadings, weekend penalties, overtime, and allowances per shift.
Export to Xero or CSV
Push the approved pay run to Xero or export itemised worker pay summaries and contractor payment reports.
Who it’s built for
NDIS Finance & Payroll Officers
Replace complex fortnightly spreadsheet formulas with itemised, clause-referenced SCHADS pay lines.
SIL & 24/7 Care Providers
Accurately price active evening shifts, overnight sleepovers, logged night disturbances, and morning handovers.
Mixed Employee & Contractor Teams
Run SCHADS employee pay estimates alongside separate contractor and agency payment periods in one system.
Frequently asked questions
Which SCHADS Award rates and allowances does Alevora use?
Alevora uses the Fair Work Commission SCHADS Award (MA000100) multipliers and the Fair Work Ombudsman MA000100 Pay Guide rates and allowances (including the 1 September 2026 pay guide figures for broken shifts, sleepovers, first aid, and vehicle kilometres).
How does Alevora handle sleepover shifts and overnight disturbances?
Alevora applies the per-night sleepover allowance, prices active shifts before and after the sleepover separately, and calculates overtime for logged overnight disturbances (with the 1-hour minimum under Clause 25.7(e)).
Can we pay a worker above the SCHADS Award rate?
Yes. You can configure an effective-dated pay schedule or shift pay override. For SCHADS employees, Alevora enforces an award floor so an override can increase pay above the award but is refused if it would pay less than the award minimum.
How are ABN contractors and labour-hire agencies handled?
Workers marked as contractors or agency staff are excluded from the employee SCHADS pay run and instead appear in the dedicated Contractor Payments summary with their agreed hourly or flat rates.
Does Alevora integrate with Xero for payroll and accounting?
Yes. Approved pay runs export to Xero and sync balanced payroll journals mapped to your chart of accounts, alongside CSV and PDF pay run reports.
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