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Section : 1.09 Meaning of base rate of pay - pieceworkers (national system employee)
Domain : Human Resource Management
Classification : Not Identified
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- (1) For paragraph 16 (2) (c) of the Act, this regulation provides for the determination of the base rate of pay for the purposes of the National Employment Standards for a national system employee who is an award/agreement free employee and a pieceworker. Note The Act defines award/ agreement free employee in section 12 and pieceworker in section 21.
- (2) The base rate of pay, expressed as an hourly rate of pay, is worked out using the formula: where: TA is the total amount earned by the employee during the relevant period. TH is the total hours worked by the employee during the relevant period. the relevant period is:
- (a) for an employee who was continuously employed by the employer for a period of 12 months or more immediately before the base rate of pay is to be worked out - the 12 months before the rate is to be worked out; or
- (b) for an employee who was continuously employed by the employer for a period of less than 12 months immediately before the base rate of pay is to be worked out - that period.