AN120020 – Animal Welfare, Institutional (State) Award
(i) All employees shall be paid on Thursday of each week.
(ii) The pay week shall close not earlier than Tuesday.
(iii) Overtime worked on the last day of the pay week may be paid with the ordinary pay for the following pay week.
(iv) Upon termination of the employment, wages due to an employee shall be paid on the day of such termination or forwarded by post on the next working day.
(v) Any employee kept waiting for wages on pay day for more than a quarter of an hour after the usual time for ceasing work shall be paid at overtime rates after that quarter of an hour, with a minimum of a quarter of an hour.
(vi) Where an employer and the majority of employees agree, wages may be paid by cheque or bank deposit.
In any event, after three months' notice from the employer to the employees the employer may, at the employer's discretion, make payment by cheque or direct bank deposit.
