Retail

Workforce management built for Australian retail

Multi-location staffing, weekend penalties, casual-heavy teams, and seasonal surges. Mustr ships the rostering, time-tracking and audit features SCHADS providers run today; General Retail Award interpretation is early-access and expanding behind paying customers.

The Retail challenge

Common problems that generic workforce tools don't solve.

Multi-location complexity

Staff transferring between stores need consistent rostering. Each location has different peak hours and staffing needs.

Weekend and public holiday penalties

Retail runs on weekends and holidays — exactly when penalties are highest. Miscalculating costs you money or breaks the law.

High casual turnover

Retail turnover exceeds 50% annually. Seat-based pricing means paying for employees who left months ago.

Peak season scaling

Boxing Day, EOFY, Black Friday — you need to scale up fast and down again without fixed costs.

How Mustr solves it

Purpose-built features for retail teams.

General Retail Award (early access)

Scaffolding for MA000004 evening, weekend and public holiday penalties. Rolled out alongside paying retail customers — SCHADS (MA000100) remains our depth focus.

Multi-Location Rostering

Manage rosters across multiple stores. Transfer staff between locations with availability and qualification matching.

Coverage Suggestions

Staffing suggestions built from your own historical clock-in data — no black-box models.

Template Scheduling

Save roster templates for regular weeks. Copy and adjust for seasonal peaks in seconds.

Store Geofencing

Clock-in validated against store location. Prevents buddy punching across sites.

Casual Pool Management

Maintain a pool of available casuals. Active-employee billing means inactive seasonal records do not bill.

MA000004

General Retail Industry Award

Mustr's deterministic award engine handles these key provisions automatically:

Casual loading: 25% on top of base rate
Saturday penalty: 125% of base rate
Sunday penalty: 200% of base rate for casuals
Public holiday: 250% of base rate
Evening penalty after 6pm on weekdays
Overtime after 38 ordinary hours per week

1.3M+

Retail workers in Australia

50%+

Annual turnover rate

200%

Sunday casual penalty rate

Sunday penalty rates are among the highest in any award

Criminal penalties in effect

The General Retail Award has a 200% Sunday rate for casuals. With criminal wage theft penalties in effect, getting this wrong has severe consequences.

Request pilot access for your retail team

Private pilot access with guided onboarding. MA000004 compliance built in.