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Look up Australian award wage and expense allowances

Look up wage-related allowances (tool, meal, first aid, laundry) and expense allowances under an identified Fair Work modern award.

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au_award_allowances

Look up wage-related allowances (tool, meal, first aid, laundry) and expense allowances under an identified Fair Work modern award.

LiveAustraliaPay and employment1 credit
ServerAustralia
Information categoryPublic modern award allowance database
Credit behavior1 credit
AccessWorkspace permissions

Inputs and outputs

Published input schema

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Public catalog
au_award_allowances input schema
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "award": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 200
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 120
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "award"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Published output shape

Tool results return structured data or a stable error object.

Shared Aroai tool output schema
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "anyOf": [
    {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "summary": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "data": {
          "type": "object",
          "propertyNames": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "additionalProperties": {}
        },
        "executionId": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uuid",
          "pattern": "^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$"
        },
        "creditsCharged": {
          "type": "number",
          "minimum": 0
        },
        "usage": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "credits_charged": {
              "type": "integer",
              "minimum": 0,
              "maximum": 9007199254740991
            },
            "credits_remaining": {
              "anyOf": [
                {
                  "type": "integer",
                  "minimum": 0,
                  "maximum": 9007199254740991
                },
                {
                  "type": "null"
                }
              ]
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "credits_charged"
          ],
          "additionalProperties": false
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "summary",
        "data",
        "creditsCharged"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    },
    {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "error": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "code": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "message": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "retryable": {
              "type": "boolean"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "code",
            "message",
            "retryable"
          ],
          "additionalProperties": false
        },
        "usage": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "credits_charged": {
              "type": "integer",
              "minimum": 0,
              "maximum": 9007199254740991
            },
            "credits_remaining": {
              "anyOf": [
                {
                  "type": "integer",
                  "minimum": 0,
                  "maximum": 9007199254740991
                },
                {
                  "type": "null"
                }
              ]
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "credits_charged"
          ],
          "additionalProperties": false
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "error"
      ],
      "additionalProperties": false
    }
  ]
}

Source and usage notes

Understand the result boundary

  • Returns allowance amounts, units, payment frequency, clause references and whether the allowance is all-purpose.
  • Covers both wage-related allowances and expense allowances.
  • Bounded to 40 matching allowances; base rates and penalties are checked separately.
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