Covers long day care, preschools and kindergartens, outside-school-hours care, and other children’s services.
Live scenarios
What is the educational leader allowance?
The Children's Services Award pays an educational leader allowance that scales with days per week. Fitz returns the exact figure from the current Pay Guide.
Do broken shifts attract an allowance?
Yes — a broken-shift allowance applies per day a broken shift is worked. Fitz applies it automatically.
What is the minimum shift for a part-time educator?
The award sets a minimum engagement. Fitz flags any roster below it before you publish.
Classification wizard
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Describe the role
Answer a few plain-English questions about what the employee actually does.
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Fitz maps the award
The wizard walks the Children's Services Award classification structure so you land on the right level.
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Get the exact rate
The current hourly, weekly, penalty and allowance figures — straight from the Pay Guide MA000120.
Document builder
Award-correct documents in minutes
Generate childcare service paperwork that already reflects Children's Services Award rules: Childcare employment contract · Casual engagement letter · Classification & pay-rate letter · Educational leader appointment letter · Formal warning.
Crisis Mode
When something goes wrong right now
A child-safety incident or a mandatory-reporting question — Crisis Mode gives you the immediate, award-grounded steps and the escalation path.
Awards & compliance software for child care
Fitz HR is the award and compliance layer for childcare without an in-house HR team. It interprets the Children's Services Award (MA000120) for every pay, penalty, allowance and classification question, produces the contracts, letters and warnings that hold up if a matter is ever tested, and keeps a record of each answer and document so you can show the process you followed. Payroll and rostering stay where they are — Fitz sits alongside them as the compliance layer, and a human HR specialist is there when a situation needs one.
- Award interpretation — the exact MA000120 rate, loading or allowance, sourced from the current Fair Work Pay Guide.
- Compliance records — every answer and generated document is kept with the employee it relates to.
- Process that holds up — warnings, performance and termination steps that follow procedural fairness, not guesswork.
- Human escalation — a real HR specialist when the answer needs judgement, not just a rate.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does Fitz HR do for a childcare service?
Fitz answers Children's Services Award (MA000120) questions instantly — pay rates, penalties, allowances, minimum engagement, classifications and compliance — grounded in the current Fair Work Ombudsman Pay Guide. It also builds documents and runs a Crisis Mode for urgent situations.
Are the Children's Services Award rates current?
Yes. Rates are sourced from the FWO Pay Guide MA000120 and are current as at 2026-07-01, with the next review due 2027-07-01.
Is Fitz HR an awards and compliance software for child care?
Yes. Fitz HR is award and compliance software built for childcare: it interprets the Children's Services Award (MA000120) for pay, penalties, allowances and classifications, generates award-correct documents, and keeps a record of every answer and document so you can show the process you followed. It does not run payroll — it sits alongside your payroll or rostering system as the compliance layer.
Which award covers long day care and OSHC?
The Children's Services Award MA000120 covers long day care, preschools and kindergartens, and outside-school-hours care. Teachers in early childhood settings may instead be covered by the relevant education teachers award — Fitz confirms coverage first.
Is this a separate product from the hospitality tool?
No — it is the same Fitz HR assistant, tuned for the Children's Services Award. You get the same wizard, document builder and Crisis Mode, grounded in your award.
Any Children's Services Award question — answered in seconds
Grounded in the current Fair Work Pay Guide MA000120. Ask anything about pay, penalties, allowances or compliance.
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