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s 7

Wages

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Part 1Preliminary

7 Wages

(1)

Wages includes the following:

(a)

allowances;

(b)

loadings;

(c)

amounts payable for overtime;

(d)

amounts payable at penalty rates;

(e)

other amounts that the governing instrument for the relevant employment identifies separately and makes payable regularly.

(2)

However, the following are not wages:

(a)

discretionary payments (such as bonuses);

(b)

reimbursements;

(c)

payments of expenses relating to travel or relocation.

(3)

Amounts that are not payable on an ongoing basis are not wages, unless they are amounts described in subsection (1).

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