Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00150:section:18
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00150
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 18
Character Range: 159024–160232

18  Meaning of full rate of pay

General meaning
 (1) The full rate of pay of a national system employee is the rate of pay payable to the employee, including all the following:
 (a) incentive‑based payments and bonuses;
 (b) loadings;
 (c) monetary allowances;
 (d) overtime or penalty rates;
 (e) any other separately identifiable amounts.

Meaning for pieceworkers in relation to entitlements under National Employment Standards
 (2) However, if one of the following paragraphs applies to a national system employee who is a pieceworker, the employee's full rate of pay, in relation to entitlements under the National Employment Standards, is the full rate of pay referred to in that paragraph:
 (a) a modern award applies to the employee and specifies the employee's full rate of pay for the purposes of the National Employment Standards;
 (b) an enterprise agreement applies to the employee and specifies the employee's full rate of pay for the purposes of the National Employment Standards;
 (c) the employee is an award/agreement free employee, and the regulations prescribe, or provide for the determination of, the employee's full rate of pay for the purposes of the National Employment Standards.