Wages

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• Paying employees for being available for work ‘on call’
  Whether an employee is entitled to be paid for being on call depends on the applicable industrial instrument.
  Sep 13, 2020

• Loaded rates
  A loaded rate is a rate that is higher than the applicable minimum hourly rate specified in the modern award and is paid for all hours worked instead of certain penalty rates, such as the penalty rates for Saturday and...
  Sep 13, 2020

• Special national minimum wage
  The special national minimum wage is a separate minimum wage that applies to certain employees.
  Sep 13, 2020

• What wage must you pay your employees?
  All Australian employers must pay their employees a wage.
  Sep 13, 2020

• How are the national minimum wage and award wages determined?
  An Expert Panel in the Fair Work Commission determines the national minimum wage and modern award minimum wages.
  Sep 13, 2020

• Determining the wage rate to calculate your employees’ statutory entitlements
  How you calculate statutory entitlements will depend on whether your employees are covered by a modern award or enterprise agreement.
  Sep 13, 2020

• Wage obligations to employees who work outside ordinary hours
  An employee who works in excess or outside of their ordinary hours may be entitled to payment.
  Sep 13, 2020

• Checklist: What to do when paying an employee’s wages
  When you are paying an employee’s wages, you must ensure you do seven key things.
  Sep 13, 2020

• Paying overtime
  An employee who works in excess of ordinary hours may be entitled to be paid overtime.
  Sep 13, 2020

• Paying penalties
  When an employee works hours at unusual times, they may be entitled to penalties.
  Sep 13, 2020

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