WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 179 Meaning of casual loading provisions
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WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 179
Meaning of casual loading provisions(1) For the purposes of this Division, casual loading provisions , of a pre‑reform wage instrument or an APCS, are provisions of the instrument or APCS that determine a casual loading payable to an employee, or an employee of a particular classification, in addition to a basic periodic rate of pay.
(2) The means by which such provisions may determine a casual loading include the following, or any combination of any of the following:
(a) direct specification of the loading;
(b) identification of the loading by reference to other provisions (whether or not of the same instrument or APCS);
(c) direct specification, or identification by reference to other provisions (whether or not of the same instrument or APCS), of a method for calculating the loading.
(3) Subject to the regulations, a method referred to in subsection (2) may provide for a person or body to determine a loading in a particular way. For the purposes of this Division, a loading determined by the person or body in that way is taken to be a loading determined by the provisions that specify or identify the method.