121Salary

121 Salary

(1)  The definition of salary in regulation 3 does not apply in this Part.

(2)  In this Part, a reference to salary in respect of a member who is not a shiftworker, means the gross annual wage or salary of the member, including –

(a) margins for skill; and

(b) any amount paid for or on behalf of, or the value assessed by the Commission of non-pecuniary benefits received by, the member, if the member has the option of receiving the amount or benefit as annual wage or salary –

but not including overtime and any other payments and allowances.

(3)  In this Part, a reference to salary in respect of a member who is a shiftworker, means the gross annual wage or salary of the member, including –

(a) shift allowance; and

(b) margins for skill; and

(c) any amount paid for or on behalf of, or the value assessed by the Commission of non-pecuniary benefits received by, the member, if the member has the option of receiving the amount or benefit as annual wage or salary –

but not including overtime and any other payments and allowances.

(4)  Despite subregulations (2) and (3)  –

(a) during any period of absence without wage or salary, the salary of a member for the purposes of these regulations is to be adjusted in accordance with any express provisions in that regard in these regulations; and

(b) the member’s salary is to be taken to continue unaltered throughout any period during which the member suffers a temporary incapacity; and

(c) in respect of a former shiftworker, salary means, except for the purposes of regulation 140 , composite salary; and

(d) the member’s salary may be adjusted by the Commission for all or any purposes of these regulations having regard to regulation 130(6) .