Southern Cross Protection Pay Rates 2026: Guard, Site & Shift Pay
What Southern Cross Protection workers should be paid in 2026 — the Security Services Industry Award floor by classification, casual loading, penalties, and where the Southern Cross Protection enterprise agreements sit.
Senior Workplace Relations Writer · GradDip Employment Relations, Griffith University
Who covers Southern Cross Protection workers — award or agreement?
Southern Cross Protection is a long-established Australian security company running mobile patrols, alarm monitoring and guarding services for businesses, financial sites and construction sites nationally. Its workforce is largely made up of mobile patrol officers and control-room staff working shift-based rosters.
The Security Services Industry Award 2020 is the floor for patrol and guarding roles. Our corpus holds no current registered Southern Cross Protection enterprise agreement, so the award tables below are what should be on the payslip.
The federal awards relevant to Southern Cross Protection roles:
- Security Services Industry Award 2020 (MA000016)
Security award floor (1 July 2026)
The Security Services Industry Award 2020 (MA000016) adult minimums are:
| Classification | Permanent | Casual (incl. 25%) |
|---|---|---|
| Security Officer Level 1 (static guard, concierge) | $28.42/hr | $35.53/hr |
| Security Officer Level 2 (monitoring, crowd control, first aid) | $29.24/hr | $36.55/hr |
| Security Officer Level 3 (control room, senior officer) | $29.73/hr | $37.16/hr |
| Security Officer Level 4 (supervisor of level 1–3 officers) | $30.23/hr | $37.79/hr |
| Security Officer Level 5 (site manager) | $31.20/hr | $39.00/hr |
Night shift, weekend and overtime loadings are where a security roster's pay is made: the award's own worked examples put a Level 1 casual Saturday at 175% and Sunday at 225% of the base rate. Check a specific roster with the penalty rates calculator.
Source: Fair Work Commission modern awards pay database, current-operative rates (1 July 2026 annual wage review). Casual figures add the 25% casual loading.
Does Southern Cross Protection have an enterprise agreement?
As at 25 September 2026, our corpus of 14,141 federally registered enterprise agreements holds no current agreement for Southern Cross Protection. That usually means one of three things: the employer pays on the award (or on individual contracts above it), the agreement covering you is registered under a different entity name (check the employer name on your payslip and search our agreements database), or — for state public-sector employers — pay is set by a state award or agreement outside the federal register. If you have a copy of an agreement that names Southern Cross Protection, it beats the award figures above.
Common security pay issues at Southern Cross Protection
The patterns worth checking on a Southern Cross Protection payslip:
- Level 1 for control-room, senior or supervisory work.
- Night, weekend and overtime loadings absorbed into a flat rate that doesn't beat the award for the roster.
- Unpaid handover, briefing and travel between sites.
- Long shifts without the award's overtime and rest-break rules.
What to do if your pay looks wrong
Match your payslip to your classification in the agreement (or the award tables above), and price any gap with our back-pay calculator. Raise it in writing with payroll or your manager first — most underpayments are fixed at that step. Unresolved, the Fair Work Ombudsman (13 13 94) recovers underpayments at no cost, up to six years back, and your union can run the claim for you. Not sure which instrument covers you? Ask our AI advisor with your role and location.
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General information and estimates only — not legal, financial or tax advice. Always check your specific award, agreement or contract, or a qualified professional, before you rely on the result.
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Nine years in Australian workplace relations — Queensland hospitality HR, then retail ER in Brisbane and Northern NSW. Graduate Diploma in Employment Relations (Griffith University, 2018). Writes about award interpretation, underpayment recovery, and casual conversion. Member of the AHRI since 2019. Based in Paddington, Brisbane.