FAQ: What is the Roster Period and Pay Period System coded into the tool?
Further Information
Correspondence
Preamble
The RosterCoster tool imported the concept of 'Roster Periods' from the days before Community Based Residential Services existed, namely, before the IDPS Act 1986.
We have persisted with this system since then, on the basis that the entire tool was built around this, however, we now also publish 'pay periods' on the tool, as well, just under the dates.
Please note: there are 13 Roster Periods each year, and they follow the calendar year, not the financial year. They run from:
- Roster Period 1, which starts on or about New Year's Day; to
- Roster Period 13, which ends on or about New Year's Eve.
Guide to Roster Periods, Pay Periods and Dates
Roster 7, 2008/09 (PP 2 and 3): 6/7/08 to 2/8/08
etc...
Roster 6, 2008/09 (PP 26 and 1): 7/6/09 to 4/7/09
Roster 7, 2009/10 (PP 2 and 3): 5/7/09 to 1/8/09
etc...
Roster 6, 2009/10 (PP 26 and 1): 6/6/10 to 3/7/10
Roster 7, 2010/11 (PP 2 and 3): 4/7/10 to 31/7/10
etc...
Roster 6, 2010/11 (PP 26 and 27): 5/6/11 to 2/7/11
Roster 7, 2011/12 (PP 1 and 2): 3/7/11 to 30/7/11
etc...
Roster 6, 2011/12 (PP 25 and 26): 3/6/12 to 30/6/12
Light Relief
SAP controls when the next "PP27" will be, analogous to the ancient Romans, in order to avoid having Christmas (or whatever it was called before it was converted) creeping backwards out of winter and into autumn, pinning a notice up in the Forum or somewhere similar to announce the addition of an extra week from time to time. A historical irony, this? We seem to have switched back to the Julian calendar! DR.