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The Workplace Relations Regulations 1996 132B sets out the requirements under Commonwealth laws
Contents of pay slips
(1) For the purposes of subregulation 132A (2), the following particulars are specified:
(a) the name of the employee;
(b) the classification of the employee in accordance with the award, AWA, certified agreement or old IR agreement under which he or she is employed;
(c) the date on which the payment to which the pay slip relates is made;
(d) the period of days to which that payment relates;
(e) if the employee is paid at an hourly rate of remuneration:
(i) the ordinary hourly rate; and
(ii) the number of hours in that period for which the employee was employed at that rate; and
(iii) the amount of the payment made at that rate;
(f) if the employee is paid at another hourly rate of remuneration in addition to the ordinary hourly rate:
(i) that other rate, or those other rates, of remuneration; and
(ii) the number of hours in the period for which the employee was employed at the other rate or rates; and
(iii) the amount of the payment made at the other rate or rates;
(g) if the employee is paid at an annual rate of remuneration — that rate as at the latest date to which the payment relates;
(h) the gross amount of the payment;
(i) the net amount of the payment;
(j) any amount included in the net amount of the payment that is by way of an allowance;
(k) the following details of each amount deducted from the gross amount of the payment:
(i) the purpose of each deduction; or
(ii) the name, or the name and number, of the fund or account into which the amount of the deduction was paid;
(l) if the award, AWA, certified agreement or old IR agreement provides for superannuation contributions to be made by the employer for the benefit of the employee:
(i) the amount of each contribution made for the benefit of the employee during the period to which the pay slip relates; and
(ii) the name of the fund to which that contribution was made.
(2) In subparagraphs (1) (l) (i) and (ii):
contributions does not include contributions to a defined benefit superannuation fund within the meaning of the Occupational Superannuation Standards Regulations.
The NSW Industrial Relations Act 1996 is a good guide to what information should be supplied by your employer. The regulation (section 7) says that payslips should state:
(a) the name and Australian Business Number of the employer,
(b) the name of the employee,
(c) if the remuneration of the employee is set by an industrial instrument [ie an award] the classification of the employee under that instrument,
(d) the date on which the payment was made,
(e) the period of employment to which the payment relates,
(f) the gross amount of remuneration (including overtime and other payments),
(g) the amount paid as overtime or such information as will enable the employee to calculate the amount paid as overtime,
(h) the amount deducted for taxation purposes,
(i) the amount deducted as employee contributions for superannuation purposes,
(j) the particulars of all other deductions,
(k) the net amount paid.
Only with the agreement with the Industrial Registrar employers can make other arrangements.
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