AN120011 – Aged Care General Services (State) Award

20. PAYMENT AND PARTICULARS OF WAGES

(i) Wages shall be paid weekly or fortnightly, provided that, for the purpose of adjustment of wages related to alterations in the basic wage, from time to time effective, the pay period shall be deemed to be weekly.

(ii) On each pay day the pay shall be made up to a day not more than five days prior to the day of payment.

(iii) Employees shall have their wages paid by direct deposit into one account with a bank or financial institution in New South Wales as nominated by the employee, except where agreement as to payment by cheque or cash has been reached between the Association and the employer due to the isolation of the place of employment, and/or the limited number of employees.

(iv) Wages shall be deposited by the employer in sufficient time to ensure that wages are available for withdrawal by employees by the close of business on pay day. Where the wages are not available to the employee by such time, due to circumstances beyond the employer's control, the employer shall not be held accountable for such delay.

(v) Where the services of an employee are terminated with due notice, all monies owing shall be paid upon cessation of employment but, in the case of termination without due notice, within the next three working days.

(vi) On pay day, each employee shall be provided with a pay slip which specifies the following particulars:

(a) name and date of payment;

(b) the period for which the payment is made;

(c) the gross amount of wages, including overtime and other earnings;

(d) the ordinary hourly rate;

(e) the amount paid as overtime or such information as will enable the amount paid as overtime to be calculated by the employee;

(f) the amount of other earnings and the purpose for which they are paid;

(g) the amount deducted for taxation purposes;

(h) the particulars of all other deductions;

(i) the net amount paid.

(vii) Where an employer has overpaid an employee, the employer shall notify the employee of such overpayment and how such overpayment is made up, in writing, and may recover such amount, with the agreement of the employee as to the amount of the overpayment and method of such recovery. This subclause authorises the use of deductions from wages for the purpose of such recovery. All such deductions from wages must be authorised in writing by the employee.