AN120179 – Dental Assistants and Secretaries (State) Award

9. TIME AND PAYMENT OF SALARIES

(i) Except as provided in subclause (ii) of this clause, all salaries shall be paid weekly in cash except that if the employer receives an authority conferred in writing by the employee, they may pay by cheque or electronic funds transfer.

(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of subclause (i) of this clause, an employer may pay the wages of weekly and part-time employees fortnightly, subject to the fact that the implementation of fortnightly pays is as follows:

Employees employed prior to 18 October 1990 may only be paid fortnightly if consent is given by the employee to the change, in writing, using the terms agreed to by the N.S.W. Dental Assistants Association and the Australian Dental Association (New South Wales Branch) Limited.

It shall not be open to the union to object to the fact of fortnightly payment of salaries, where agreed, but it shall be open to the union to object to the terms on which fortnightly pays are introduced and operated.

Overtime shall be paid within a week from the pay day succeeding the day upon which such overtime became due. Provided that where wages are paid fortnightly, overtime shall be paid within a fortnight from the pay succeeding the day or days on which such overtime became due.