AN120012 – Aged Care Industry (Broken Hill) Award

4. PAYMENT AND PARTICULARS OF WAGES

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

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

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

(d) 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 employers control, the employer shall not be held accountable for such delay.

(e) Where the services of an employee are terminated with due notice, all moneys owing shall be paid upon cessation of employment, but in the case of termination without due notice, within one working day.

(f) On payday each employee shall be provided with a payslip which specifies the following particulars:

(i) name and date of payment;

(ii) period for which the payment is made;

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

(iv) ordinary hourly rate;

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

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

(vii) amount deducted for taxation purposes;

(viii) particulars of all other deductions;

(ix) net amount paid; and

(x) amount deducted as employee contributions for superannuation.

(g) 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 amounts, 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 deduction from wages must be authorised in writing by the employee.