AP791396CRV - National Electrical, Electronic and Communications Contracting Industry Award 1998
16.1.1 Except upon the termination of employment, all wages including overtime shall be paid weekly (and in South Australia and Tasmania fortnightly by agreement) and shall be paid in the employers time on any day other than Friday, Saturday or Sunday in each week.
16.1.2 Employers shall not hold more than two days wages in reserve.
16.1.3 Provided that in any week in which a public holiday occurs one day after the normal pay day, wages shall be paid in that week two days prior to such public holiday.
16.1.4 By agreement between the employer and employee, wages may be paid by one of the following means:
However, an employer may pay an employee weekly by cash without consultation.
16.2 An employee who is kept waiting for wages on pay day after the usual time for ceasing work, shall be paid at overtime rates. Adjustments of wages shall be rectified on the next pay day.
16.3 If an employee takes an RDO on a day which coincides with pay day, the employee shall be paid not later than the working day immediately following pay day. Provided that, where the employer is able to make suitable arrangements, wages may be paid on the working day preceding pay day.
16.4 Where employees are paid by electronic funds transfer, if for any reasons beyond the control of the employer and the employee, the transfer of funds is not effected at the nominated day, the employer may advance the employee an agreed amount, to be repaid by the employee on the day the wages are credited to the employee’s account. If the employee does not repay the money as required, the employer will be entitled to withhold the amount involved from the employee’s future wages or other entitlements. If an error is made and the amount credited to the employees account exceeds the entitlement, the employee shall observe the procedure described in the preceding sentence. If the amount is less than the employee’s entitlement, the employer shall pay by cash or cheque the amount of the shortfall.
16.5.1 On the first payday occurring during an employee’s employment, the wages paid shall be whatever is due up to the completion of work on the previous day.
16.5.2 This paragraph shall not apply to employers who made a practice of allowing advances to employees approximating wages due.
[16.6 Preamble substituted by R4005 ppc 30Jun98]
On or prior to pay day the employer shall provide each employee with a statement showing:
16.6.1 the name of the employee;
16.6.2 the classification of the employee in accordance with the award, AWA, certified agreement or old IR agreement under which he or she is employed;
16.6.3 the date on which the payment to which the pay slip relates is made;
16.6.4 the period of days to which that payment relates;
16.6.5 if the employee is paid at an hourly rate of remuneration;
16.6.5(a) the ordinary hourly rate;
16.6.5(b) the number of hours in that period for which the employee was employed at that rate;
16.6.5(c) the amount of the payment made at that rate;
16.6.6 if the employee is paid at another hourly rate of remuneration in addition to the ordinary hourly rate:
16.6.6(a) that other rate, or those other rates, of remuneration;
16.6.6(b) the number of hours in the period for which the employee was employed at the other rate or rates;
16.6.6(c) the amount of the payment made at the other rates or rates;
16.6.7 if the employee is paid at an annual rate of remuneration – that rate as at the latest date to which the payment relates;
16.6.8 the gross amount of the payment;
16.6.9 the net amount of the payment;
16.6.10 any amount included in the net amount of the payment that is by way of an allowance;
16.6.11 the following details of each amount deducted from the gross amount of the payment;
16.6.11(a) the purpose of each deduction;
16.6.11(b) the name, or the name and number, of the fund or account into which the amount of the deduction was paid;
16.6.12 if the award, AWA, certified agreement or old IR agreement provides for superannuation contributions to be made by the employer for the benefit of the employee:
16.6.12(a) the amount of each contribution made for the benefit of the employee during the period to which the pay slip relates;
16.6.12(b) the name of the fund to which that contribution was made.
