Half Payment for Holiday Period

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  [Deactivated] on 30/12/2015 - 20:03

  The attachment shows that you worked for 33 hours and 30 minutes in the period 17 Dec to 30 Dec, and you receive $20.51 per hour. Nothing illegal so far.

  $20.51 x 33.50 hours = $687.085.

  From what I see, you've been overpaid $0.10. What seems to be the issue regarding half pay?

  If you are a permanent employee, which you most definitely are as you payslip shows evidence of leave accrual, your employer must pay you Public Holidays at the normal rate provided that you normally work on that day. For example, 1 January 2016 is Friday. If you normally work 5 hours every Friday, you will receive 5 hours of pay for 1 January 2016 without you having to work.

  Having said that, if you don't work on Fridays (as per the above example) your employer will not pay you for the Public Holiday.

  Regarding the shut down over the New Year period, please read https://www.fairwork.gov.au/leave/annual-leave/directing-an-….

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    pancaeks on 30/12/2015 - 20:08

    Didn't mean to make it sound like it was illegal. That only reason I was confused is because my coworkers paycheck say she's done the full 52 hours and she had less annual leave than me.

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      [Deactivated] on 30/12/2015 - 20:11

      +1

      If you do not have enough annual leave to cover all the days of the close down less the number of public holidays, you will have to go on unpaid leave. In addition, some employees may wish to save their annual leave for another occasion and not receive payment for close down periods.

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      try2bhelpful on 31/12/2015 - 08:52

      If you are concerned then I would ask your manager to sit down and break your payslip down with you. I don't think that is an unreasonable request if this is bothering you and they will either see they have made an error or you will see understand what has happened.

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  modsec802 on 30/12/2015 - 20:04

  +1

  If you're full time, it looks like you don't have enough leave balance so they've not paid you for the extra days taken off at Christmas.

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    pancaeks on 30/12/2015 - 20:09

    Bummer, that sucks. I would have preferred to work and make the money but they close the store during that period ):

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  pjetson on 30/12/2015 - 21:45

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  Have you been there more than 12 months? You normally wouldn't get any holiday pay until you've been employed for more than 12 months.

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    [Deactivated] on 30/12/2015 - 22:58

    You normally wouldn't get any holiday pay until you've been employed for more than 12 months.

    This might be a contract clause with some organisations but is definitely not substantiated at law.

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    chickentaste on 31/12/2015 - 00:27

    If you're on a sessional or FT contract you accumulate leave from the moment you start. Hourly casual rates are paid above what you would otherwise be making per hour pro rata to reflect the fact that you aren't entitled to sick pay, leave or leave loading. A company may have a policy of not granting holiday requests until after your first year but you still accumulate the leave and it should be paid out if you leave before the end of the year.

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      [Deactivated] on 31/12/2015 - 01:58

      This is correct. Although you will accrue leave entitlements from day one, some employers have placed restrictions on taking that leave prior to completing 12 months of service.