Which award sets Boost Juice pay
- Award code
- MA000003
- Employer
- The franchisee that owns your store, or Boost Juice Pty Ltd (Retail Zoo) at a company-owned store. Most Boost Juice stores are franchised.
- Rates on this page from
- the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2026
- Casual loading
- 25%
- Checked against the source
- 22 October 2026
Boost Juice stores sell drinks and snacks to take away, mostly from shopping centre kiosks, which is the fast food industry as the award defines it (cl 4.2). The Fair Work Ombudsman's 2018 report on its compliance partnership with Retail Zoo, Boost Juice's parent, names the Fast Food Industry Award as the award covering the group's takeaway stores. Your employer is usually the franchisee that owns your store. A franchisee with its own approved agreement pays under that instead, but it cannot pay a base rate below the award.
Next scheduled increase: First full pay period on or after 1 December 2026. Determination PR813654 lifts the junior percentages for 18- to 20-year-olds who have been with their employer for more than 6 months. 18-year-olds go from 70% to 75% of the adult rate, 19-year-olds from 80% to 85% and 20-year-olds from 90% to 95%. At Level 1 that is $20.86, $23.64 and $26.42 an hour. Under-18 rates stay the same, and adult rates next move with the 2027 Annual Wage Review.
Every level: Fast Food Award rates 2026.
These are the Fast Food Industry Award minimums. Your employer is usually the franchisee that owns your store. The Fair Work Ombudsman found 94% of Retail Zoo's stores were franchised in 2018, and Retail Zoo runs the rest itself. Either can pay more than the award; neither can pay less.
Retail Zoo signed a proactive compliance deed with the Fair Work Ombudsman in 2014. Its self-audit of 60 stores found 19 breaches and returned $29,224 to staff, and the group set up an employee hotline for pay questions. The Ombudsman's 2018 report also noted a small number of franchisees had their own enterprise agreements.
If your payslip names an enterprise agreement, that agreement sets your penalties and conditions, but its base rates cannot fall below these award rates (Fair Work Act s 206).
Boost Juice hourly pay rates by level (adults)
Casual = base + 25% (casual loading).
| Level | Full-time & part-time | Casual |
|---|---|---|
| Fast food employee level 1Team member: taking orders, making juices and smoothies, serving, washing up and incidental cleaning | $27.81 | $34.76 |
| Fast food employee level 2Shift supervisor or trainer: has day-to-day responsibility for supervising or training Level 1 staff | $29.45 | $36.81 |
| Fast food employee level 3 (in charge of one or no person)Appointed to be in charge of a store, supervising at most one other person | $29.91 | $37.39 |
| Fast food employee level 3 (in charge of 2 or more people)Appointed to be in charge of a store, supervising two or more people | $30.27 | $37.84 |
Full-time hours at the Fast food employee level 1 rate: $54,953 a year before tax (38 hours × 52 weeks). See take-home pay on $55,000 (nearest we publish).
Boost Juice pay rates by age (junior rates)
The Fast Food Award pays the full adult rate from 21 (cl 15.2). The dollar figures below are printed in the award's Schedule A for Level 1. Casual and part-time shifts must be at least 3 hours, including for school students.
| Age | % of adult | Full-time & part-time | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 16 | 40% | $11.12 | $13.90 |
| 16 | 50% | $13.91 | $17.39 |
| 17 | 60% | $16.69 | $20.86 |
| 18 | 70% | $19.47 | $24.34 |
| 19 | 80% | $22.25 | $27.81 |
| 20 | 90% | $25.03 | $31.29 |
| 21 and over | 100% | $27.81 | $34.76 |
Percentages are of the adult Fast food employee level 1 rate. Junior rates under other awards.
Boost Juice penalty rates: evenings, weekends and public holidays
| When | Full-time & part-time | Casual |
|---|---|---|
| Monday to Friday, 6am to 10pm | 100% | 125% |
| Monday to Friday, 10pm to midnight | 110% | 135% |
| Monday to Friday, midnight to 6am | 115% | 140% |
| Saturday | 125% | 150% |
| Sunday — Level 1 | 125% | 150% |
| Sunday — Levels 2 and 3 | 150% | 175% |
| Public holiday | 225% | 250% |
- Percentages are of the minimum hourly rate for your level (award cl 21, Table 6). Casual figures add the 25% loading rather than multiply it: Saturday casual is 150%, not 156.25%.
- There is no evening penalty before 10pm on weekdays.
- For an adult Level 1 team member that is $34.76 an hour on a Saturday or Sunday ($41.72 casual) and $62.57 on a public holiday ($69.53 casual).
Overtime
| When | Full-time & part-time | Casual |
|---|---|---|
| Monday to Saturday, first 2 hours | 150% | 175% |
| Monday to Saturday, after 2 hours | 200% | 225% |
| Sunday | 200% | 225% |
| Public holiday | 250% | 275% |
How penalty rates work · overtime calculator
The public holiday rate above applies on the days each state declares. For the dates and a worked example on the busiest trading days, see Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day, Australia Day and Easter, and for a store that closes over Christmas, the Christmas shutdown and annual leave guide.
What this page does not show
- Whether your particular franchisee has its own enterprise agreement. The Fair Work Commission files agreements under the franchisee's company name, not the Boost Juice brand, so we could only search by title.
- Which stores Retail Zoo runs itself: its 2024 modern slavery statement counts 70 company-owned stores across its four brands but does not list them.
- Store manager salaries, set by each franchisee or by Retail Zoo by contract.
Boost Juice pay questions
Related employers
Also paid under the Fast Food Industry Award 2020
Sources & References
- 1Fast Food Industry Award 2020 (MA000003), consolidated to 1 July 2026, Fair Work Commission
- 2
- 3Improved compliance for food franchisor (16 November 2018), Fair Work Ombudsman
- 4Retail Zoo Holdings Pty Ltd Modern Slavery Statement FY2024 (store numbers and employing entities), Australian Government Modern Slavery Statements Register
- 5Junior rates determination PR813654 (Fast Food Award, 26 August 2026), Fair Work Commission
Last verified: 22 October 2026. Our content is based on the latest information from official Australian government sources.
Anita Bell
AuthorFounder & Senior Bookkeeper
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