Long Service Leave (State Employees) Act 1994
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4 Salary
(1) Salary includes any one or more of the following:
(a) an allowance specified in an industrial award, other than an allowance referred to in subsection (2) ;
(b) an allowance payable for duties an employee carries out relating to the employee's permanent position;
(c) an allowance that would, but for an employee being absent on long service leave, be payable to the employee for the whole period of that leave;
(d) any increment affecting the salary during that period;
(da) [Section 4 Subsection (1) amended by No. 49 of 2019, s. 5, Applied:18 Dec 2019] higher duties, or more responsible duties or relieving, allowances that –
(i) were payable to an employee in respect of duties performed by the employee immediately before a period of long service leave; and
(ii) would, but for the employee being absent on long service leave, be payable to the employee for the whole period of that leave as the duties that attract the allowance are resumed by the employee immediately on the completion of the leave;
(e) any other prescribed allowance.
(2) Salary does not include –
(a) extra payment for overtime or shift work; or
(b) availability, stand-by or call back allowances; or
(c) [Section 4 Subsection (2) amended by No. 49 of 2019, s. 5, Applied:18 Dec 2019] . . . . . . . .
(d) supervision allowances; or
(e) travelling, meal or accommodation allowances; or
(f) site, danger and temporary locational allowances; or
(g) any other prescribed allowance.