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Pay

An employee's minimum pay rate can come from an award, enterprise agreement or other registered agreement or the national minimum wage.

Employees have to be paid the right pay rate for all hours they work, including time spent:

training

in team meetings

opening and closing the business

working unreasonable trial shifts.

Learn about pay obligations, including minimum wages, pay slip and record-keeping requirements and the rules regarding unpaid work.

You can test your knowledge about pay entitlements and obligations with our Workplace Basics quiz.

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Use our Pay Calculator to work out pay rates, penalties and allowances.

An employee’s pay rate depends on a few things. Find minimum pay rates including:

Check penalty rates for time worked on weekends, public holidays and shiftwork, and:

Check when money can be taken out of an employee's pay and how overpayments are recovered.

Learn about how and when staff need to be paid.

Employers have pay slip and record-keeping obligations. Find information on:

Find out about tax and superannuation entitlements.

Learn what an employee is entitled to when a business temporarily closes.

Learn about the different types of unpaid work arrangements:

Get help finding the answers to your questions about pay and entitlements.

Pay