Hair and Beauty Award Penalty Rates
Saturday, Sunday, public holiday and overtime multipliers under the Hair and Beauty Industry Award, 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.
Hair and Beauty Industry Award [MA000005] — 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.
Award minimum, not your actual pay — These are award MINIMUM penalty rates for the Hair and Beauty Award (MA000005) — enterprise agreements can differ, and your specific classification's base rate may be higher than what you entered. Check your classification on the Fair Work pay guide.
Public holiday is the one row in this award where casual loading does NOT stack — casual public holiday pay equals the full-time/part-time public holiday rate. Saturday, Sunday and overtime DO get the standard additive 25-percentage-point casual loading.
The full-time/part-time Sunday rate applies between 10am and 5pm (Table 14); the casual Sunday rate applies at any time of day (Table 15).
Casual employees working before 7am or after 9pm on a weekday, or outside 7am–6pm on a Saturday, attract a further shift loading not modelled here — the pay guide only tabulates this for casuals, not full-time/part-time staff.
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Hair and Beauty 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday (7am–6pm) | 133% | 158% |
| Sunday | 200% | 225% |
| Public holiday | 250% | 250% |
| Overtime — first 3 hours | 150% | 175% |
| Overtime — after 3 hours | 200% | 225% |
| Working on a rostered day off | 200% | — |
Public holiday is the one row in this award where casual loading does NOT stack — casual public holiday pay equals the full-time/part-time public holiday rate. Saturday, Sunday and overtime DO get the standard additive 25-percentage-point casual loading.
The full-time/part-time Sunday rate applies between 10am and 5pm (Table 14); the casual Sunday rate applies at any time of day (Table 15).
Casual employees working before 7am or after 9pm on a weekday, or outside 7am–6pm on a Saturday, attract a further shift loading not modelled here — the pay guide only tabulates this for casuals, not full-time/part-time staff.
Casual loading interaction
Casual employees under the Hair and Beauty 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.