Cleaning Services Award Penalty Rates
Saturday, Sunday, public holiday and overtime multipliers under the Cleaning Services Award 2020, effective from 1 July 2026.
Award MINIMUM rates — enterprise agreements may differ. Check your classification's exact base rate on the Fair Work pay guide.
Cleaning Services Award 2020 [MA000022] — rates effective 1 July 2026
Casual employees get a 25% loading, included automatically in the results below.
Your award classification's ordinary hourly rate — check the exact figure on the Fair Work pay guide for your role, then enter it here.
Select an award and enter your base hourly rate to see the full penalty-rate table
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Cleaning Services Award penalty rate multipliers
Multipliers apply to your OWN base hourly rate (find it on the Fair Work pay guide for your classification) — they are not full wage tables.
| Rate type | Full-time / part-time | Casual |
|---|---|---|
| Mon–Fri shift starting before 6am or finishing after 6pm | 115.0% | 140% |
| Non-rotating shift finishing after midnight, at/before 8am | 130% | 155% |
| Saturday | 150% | 175% |
| Sunday | 200% | 225% |
| Public holiday | 250% | 275% |
| Overtime — Mon–Sat, first 2 hours | 150% | 175% |
| Overtime — Mon–Sat, after 2 hours | 200% | 225% |
| Overtime — Sunday | 200% | 225% |
| Overtime — public holiday | 250% | 275% |
Casual loading stacks additively on every row in this award, including overtime — casual = full-time rate + 25 percentage points throughout.
Rates shown are for the general Cleaning Service Employee classification (levels 1–3) — the shopping-trolley-collector junior stream under this award has its own separate rates, not modelled here.
Casual loading interaction
Casual employees under the Cleaning Services Award get a 25% casual loading on their base hourly rate, in exchange for not receiving paid annual leave, personal/carer's leave or notice of termination. That loading generally stacks additively on top of weekend and public holiday penalties — e.g. a Sunday penalty of 200% for full-time staff becomes 225% for casuals under this award.
Check the notes in the table above — some awards (Hospitality, Restaurant) pay casuals the SAME overtime rate as full-time/part-time staff, with no extra casual loading stacked on overtime specifically.
Worked dollar examples
Illustrative examples only — NOT classification minimum wages. Use your own base rate in the penalty rates calculator for an accurate figure.
$24.50/hr base rate
$28.00/hr base rate
$32.00/hr base rate
Public holidays
Public holiday penalty rates apply on the gazetted public holidays for your state or territory, which differ from the standard national list in some years. See the full, current list on Fair Work: Public holidays.