13What are wages?

#### 13 What are wages? 13 What are wages? > > (1) For the purposes of this Act, wages mean wages, remuneration, salary, commission, bonuses or allowances paid or payable to an employee, including— > > > > > (a) an amount paid or payable by way of remuneration to a person holding an office under the Crown or in the service of the Crown, and > > > > > (b) an amount paid or payable under any prescribed classes of contracts to the extent to which that payment is attributable to labour, and > > > > > (c) an amount paid or payable by a company by way of remuneration to or in relation to a director of that company, and > > > > > (d) an amount paid or payable by way of commission to an insurance or time-payment canvasser or collector, and > > > > > (e) an amount that is included as or taken to be wages by any other provision of this Act. > > > (2) For the purposes of this Act, wages, remuneration, salary, commission, bonuses or allowances are wages— > > > > > (a) whether paid or payable at piece work rates or otherwise, and > > > > > (b) whether paid or payable in cash or in kind. > > > (3) This Act applies in respect of wages referred to in subsection (1) (a)–(e) that are paid or payable to or in relation to a person who is not an employee in the same way as it applies to wages paid or payable to an employee (as if a reference in this Act to an employee included a reference to any such person). > > **s 13:** Am 2009 No 91, Sch 3 \[3\].