AN160222 – Motor Vehicle (Service Station, Sales Establishments, Rust Prevention and Paint Protection), Industry Award No. 29 of 1980
(1) (a) The employer may elect to pay employees in cash, by cheque or by means of a credit transfer to a bank, building society or credit union account in the name of the employees. The day that the credit transfer is credited to the employee's account shall be deemed to be the date of payment.
(b) Payment shall be made within three trading days from the last day of the pay period and if in cash or by cheque shall be made during the employee's ordinary working hours.
(c) No employer shall change its method of payment to employees without first giving them at least four weeks' notice of such change.
(2) (a) The employer shall pay employees weekly or fortnightly in accordance with subclause (1) of this clause, by agreement with the union.
(b) The method of introducing a fortnightly pay system shall be by the payment of an additional week's wages in the last weekly pay before the change to fortnightly pays to be repaid by equal fortnightly deductions made from the next and subsequent pays provided the period of repayment shall not be less than 20 weeks or some other method agreed upon by the employer and the employee.
(3) Employees, who are paid by cash or cheque, whose rostered day off falls on a pay day shall be paid their wages upon request from the employees to the employer, prior to the employee taking the day off.
(4) For the purposes of effecting the rostering off of employees as provided by this award, ordinary wages may be paid either for the actual hours worked each pay period or an amount being calculated on the basis of the average of 38 hours per week.
(5) An employee who lawfully terminated his/her employment, or is dismissed for reasons other than misconduct, shall be paid all wages due to him/her by the employer on the day of termination of the employee’s employment or as soon as practicable after the date of termination of the employee’s employment.
