AP806313CRV - National Fast Food Retail Award 2000
19.1 Time and payment of wages
All wages shall be paid weekly in addition to any commission, bonus or premium to which the employee is entitled. Such payment shall be made on the same day of each week, which shall not be a Friday, a Saturday or a Sunday except as herein provided for, and shall be made up to and including at least the third day preceding the day of payment; provided that, in a week where an award holiday falls on the day in which wages are usually paid, payment thereof shall be made not later than the working day immediately preceding the award holiday. Other arrangements regarding payment may be made by agreement between the employer and the union.
19.2 Notwithstanding the foregoing:
19.2.1 Overtime shall be paid not later than a week from the second day succeeding the day on which it was earned. Provided that where an employee is paid fortnightly in accordance with 19.2.6 hereof then overtime worked in the second week of a pay period may be paid in the following pay period.
19.2.2 Where employment is terminated an employee shall be paid forthwith all ordinary wages due and shall be paid all overtime and other moneys due within seven days of the date of the termination of employment.
19.2.3 In the event of an employer not paying the said overtime and other moneys due at the time on which he/she has undertaken to pay, then the employer shall reimburse the employee all expenses he/she has incurred in attending to collect the amounts due to him/her.
19.2.4 When an employee is required by an employer to wait beyond the ordinary ceasing times of the employee for payment of ordinary wages, or when an employee is terminated, to wait for payment of ordinary wages after the period of the termination for a period of more than fifteen minutes, he/she shall be paid his/her ordinary wages for the period during which he/she is so required to wait.
19.2.5 Wages may be paid by electronic funds transfer. Provided that where wages are paid by electronic funds transfer additional costs associated with the introduction and operation of electronic funds transfer shall be paid for by the employer.
19.2.6 Wages may be paid fortnightly provided that the employee is paid no later than the third day of the second week of the pay period.
