Fast food rostering & staff scheduling software for Australian QSR
Schedule QSR crews around the peaks, apply junior rates correctly and support your compliance efforts — without enterprise complexity or manual spreadsheets.
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Peak-hour fast food staff scheduling
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Fast Food Award junior rates applied automatically
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Integrates with Xero and MYOB
Designed for the realities of fast food work
QSR runs on a young, high-turnover crew paid on a sliding scale by age — which means the roster and the pay rate change every birthday.
Mostly junior, mostly casual crew
Junior rates that change on a birthday
Peak-hour crews, not whole shifts
Fast Food Award penalties
High turnover and constant onboarding
Multi-store groups and franchisees
Fast food staff scheduling built around peak hours
QSR demand arrives in bands, not in shifts. Scheduling to the band rather than to the day is most of the labour saving.
Schedule the peak, not the day
Short overlapping crews instead of blanket coverage
Build the lunch and dinner bands from templates and let the quiet middle run lean, with wage cost visible while the roster is still a draft.
- Templates for lunch, dinner and weekend peaks
- Schedule short overlapping crews rather than blanket shifts
- See live wage cost as you schedule, per store
- Flag minimum-engagement and break breaches before publishing
Time and attendance across every store
With a young casual crew, the gap between rostered and worked hours is where the payroll error lives.
What was scheduled should match what was worked
Tablet clock-in the shift manager can trust
Crew clock in on a shared tablet in-store with photo verification, and worked hours are compared against the roster before they become timesheets.
- Shared tablet clock-in at each store
- Photo verification to reduce buddy punching
- Break compliance tracked against the award
- Worked hours convert straight into payroll-ready timesheets
Junior rates are where QSR underpayment starts
The Fast Food Award pays employees under 21 a percentage of the adult rate for their level. The percentage changes on their birthday, and a roster that does not know their date of birth will keep paying the old one.
Fast Food Award — junior percentage of the adult rate
| Age | % of adult rate |
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| Under 16 | 40% |
| 16 | 50% |
| 17 | 60% |
| 18 | 70% |
| 19 | 80% |
| 20 | 90% |
| 21 and over | 100% |
Percentages apply to the adult rate for the employee’s classification level. Casual loading applies on top. Always verify current figures against Fair Work — the full breakdown by level is in the fast food award pay guide.
The birthday is the failure point
A crew member turning 18 moves from 60% to 70% of the adult rate, and nothing in a spreadsheet tells you. RosterElf holds the date of birth against the person and applies the right percentage from the right date — including retrospectively, if the birthday fell mid-pay-period.
Fast food award compliance, made simpler
Penalty rates, overtime and break rules vary by day, time, employment type and shift length — and one week’s roster touches most of them.
Fast Food Industry Award (MA000003) — pay rates by period
| Period | Full-time & part-time | Casual |
|---|---|---|
| Ordinary hours (Mon–Fri) | 100% | 125% |
| Evening (Mon–Fri 10pm–midnight) | 110% | 135% |
| Early morning (Mon–Fri midnight–6am) | 115% | 140% |
| Saturday (all day) | 125% | 150% |
| Sunday (all day) | 150% | 175% |
| Public holiday | 225% | 250% |
Casual rates are set by the award directly, not by adding a loading to the permanent rate — which is why Sunday casual is 175% rather than 150% plus 25%. Rates change each 1 July; the full breakdown by classification, junior age and allowance is in the fast food award pay guide. Always verify against Fair Work.
Payroll-ready workforce data
Approved hours should reach the pay run without being re-keyed, penalty rates and all.
From the roster to the pay run without a spreadsheet in between
Award interpretation already applied
RosterElf connects fast food scheduling and time tracking to payroll, so approved hours — junior rates and penalties already applied — flow cleanly to Xero or MYOB.
- Fewer payroll errors from manual data entry
- Less time reconciling timesheets each fortnight
- Clear records for audits and compliance checks
- Faster pay runs, even through a busy period
Australian QSR operators using RosterElf report significant time savings on schedule creation. Based on customer feedback and ROI calculator data.
More than fast food scheduling software
Scheduling is one job of several. RosterElf puts communication, HR and time tracking in the same place, so a fast food team has one app rather than four.
Why fast-food operators choose RosterElf
RosterElf is built for Australian workplaces, with Fair Work compliance, modern awards and local payroll integrations as the starting point rather than an add-on.
Save hours on scheduling
Less time building and re-fixing the roster every week.
Control labour costs
See live wage cost as you schedule — no guesswork until payday.
Australian award compliance
Fast Food Award rates and penalties built in.
All employment types
Works for casual, part-time and full-time staff.
Easy to adopt
Intuitive for managers and staff, with minimal training.
Single or multi-site
Scales from one venue to a group of sites.
Trusted by fast-food operators across Australia
Hear from hospitality businesses that simplified their scheduling with RosterElf
Andrew Nathan
November 13, 2025
"We are extremely happy with Roster Elf, it's a great improvement on the previous system we were using. Sean and all the staff have been fantastic, really know their stuff and make using RosterElf a pleasure."
Monica Van De Laak
October 16, 2025
"Sean was an amazing help, very patient and thorough."
Mary C.
October 13, 2025
"I can see my roster, enter availability, put leave in advance and clock on and off easily."
Calculate your fast food scheduling savings
See how much time and money your business could save with RosterElf rostering software.
Your current rostering
Based on 70% time reduction with automated rostering
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Common roles in fast food & qsr
Download free job description templates for your fast food & qsr team
Relevant awards for fast food & qsr
Stay compliant with Australian Modern Award pay rates
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Real support from people who understand your business
At RosterElf, support isn't a ticket system — it's part of the product. Our Australian-based team helps you set up correctly, understand award rules, and stay compliant as your business changes. No scripts. No offshore handoffs. Just real help when you need it.
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Guided setup and onboarding
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Award and payroll questions answered
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Ongoing help as your team grows
Fast food staff scheduling FAQ
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The best QSR scheduling software applies Fast Food Award junior rates by age automatically, schedules to peak bands rather than whole shifts, and exports to payroll without re-keying. RosterElf does all three and integrates with Xero and MYOB.
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Schedule the bands, not the day. Template the lunch and dinner peaks and let the quiet middle run lean with short overlapping crews rather than blanket coverage — while watching wage cost as you build, because in QSR the labour percentage is decided in the twenty minutes either side of the peak.
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Each store has its own roster and wage budget, and a manager with access to several sees them together. Staff can be shared across stores where they are qualified, and each store’s labour cost reports separately for franchisee reporting.