Industrial Relations Act 1984
49Remuneration fixed by award or registered agreement
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49 Remuneration fixed by award or registered agreement
(1) [Section 49 Subsection (1) amended by No. 18 of 1997, s. 21, Applied:28 Jun 1997] *[Section 49 Subsection (1) amended by No. 59 of 1992, s. 32 ]*Subject to this section, where an employee is employed by an employer in work for which a rate of remuneration is fixed by an award or a registered agreement, he is entitled to be paid by his employer in respect of that work remuneration at the rate so fixed.
(2) [Section 49 Subsection (2) amended by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001] [Section 49 Subsection (2) amended by No. 18 of 1997, s. 21, Applied:28 Jun 1997] [Section 49 Subsection (2) amended by No. 18 of 1997, s. 21, Applied:28 Jun 1997] *[Section 49 Subsection (2) amended by No. 29 of 1984, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]**[Section 49 Subsection (2) amended by No. 59 of 1992, s. 32 ]*Subject to the provisions of an award, a registered agreement or the State Service Act 2000 and any Commissioner's Directions or Ministerial Directions issued under that Act, where an employee performs 2 or more classes of work for which differing rates of remuneration are fixed by an award or a registered agreement, he is entitled to be paid in respect of the time occupied in each class of work at the rate so fixed for that class.
(3) [Section 49 Subsection (3) amended by No. 18 of 1997, s. 21, Applied:28 Jun 1997] *[Section 49 Subsection (3) amended by No. 59 of 1992, s. 32 ]*Except as provided in subsection (2) , where an employee is, during any part of a day, employed by an employer in work for which a wages rate is fixed by an award or a registered agreement, he is entitled to be paid at that rate for any other work done by him in the employment of that employer during any other part of that day.
(4) [Section 49 Subsection (4) amended by No. 18 of 1997, s. 21, Applied:28 Jun 1997] *[Section 49 Subsection (4) substituted by No. 59 of 1992, s. 32 ]*An employee who is subject to an award or a registered agreement is entitled to be paid in respect of any week if–