# Look up Australian award penalty and overtime rates

Look up evening, Saturday, Sunday, public holiday and overtime penalty rates under an identified Fair Work modern award.

Canonical: https://aroai.com/tools/au_award_penalties/

## Tool reference

MCP tool ID: `au_award_penalties`. Availability: Live. Country: Australia.

Credit use: 1 credit.

## Input schema

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "award": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 200
    },
    "classification": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 160
    },
    "classification_level": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 12
    },
    "employment_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 80
    },
    "employee_category": {
      "default": "adult",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "adult",
        "junior",
        "apprentice"
      ]
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 120
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "award",
    "employee_category"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}
```

## Example input

```json
{
  "award": "MA000009",
  "classification_level": 2,
  "employment_type": "casual",
  "employee_category": "adult",
  "query": "Sunday"
}
```

## Usage notes

- Covers Saturday, Sunday, evening, public holiday and overtime penalty percentages and calculated hourly amounts where published.
- Supports casual, full-time and part-time workers across adult, junior and apprentice categories.
- Bounded to 40 matching penalty rates; base rates are looked up with au_award_rates.