Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAIR ENTITLEMENTS GUARANTEE ACT 2012 - SECT 7

  (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).