EBA clauses
EBA rate increases, Employment Hero setup guide.
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The failure
Why 1 July goes wrong in generic payroll
In most platforms a rate rise is a manual job: edit the pay templates one classification at a time, or export to a spreadsheet, change the numbers and reimport. Then do the allowances. Then do it again for the second agreement. All of it under a deadline, in the same week the pay run is due.
Miss one classification and you underpay every worker in it until someone notices, then you owe back-pay.
The build
How the full agreement life gets loaded
When we read your agreement we do not just take today's rates. We take the whole rates schedule to the expiry date.
Every classification and step
CW1 through to the top level, apprentice years, leading hand steps and anniversary increments.Every effective date
Each row carries the date it starts, so the engine knows which rate belongs to which week of work.
Reading the rates schedule…
The day
What happens on the effective date
Employment Hero should be configured and tested for the effective date. Check that hours before and after the date use the applicable rates, and retain the configuration record with the agreement clause.
A record, not a memory
Each pay run stores the rate it used and the clause behind it.Back-pay when registration is late
If approval lands after the operative date, we calculate the catch-up.
Allowances
What about allowances that step annually?
Site allowances and multi-storey bands step too, usually on the same dates as the wage increases. They are handled the same way: loaded with effective dates, applied on the day, recorded in the run.
Rate increase questions
Can you load an agreement with three annual increases today?
Yes. All of it, once. Each increase needs its effective date recorded and tested in Employment Hero.
What if Fair Work approves a variation?
We update the schedule. Maintenance is included, so there is no change request and no quote.
Do I have to touch anything on the day?
Your payroll team should verify the effective rates and allowances in Employment Hero before finalising the run.
Reviewed August 2026. General information, not legal advice.
Your agreement
Does your EBA have this clause?
Send us your agreement and we will review how its rate schedule should be configured in Employment Hero.
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