The Hospitality Industry (General) Award 2010 (HIGA) has been updated to changes to clause 26, the Payment of Wages requirements:

1. Payment of wages
[26 varied by PR588641]

1.1 Except upon the termination of employment, all wages including overtime must be paid on any day other than Friday, Saturday or Sunday in each week. However, by agreement between the employer and the majority of employees in the workplace, in a week where a holiday occurs payment of wages may be made on Friday.

1.2 By agreement between the employer and the employee wages may be paid either weekly or fortnightly by one of the following means:
• cash;
• cheque; or
• payment into the employee’s bank account by electronic funds transfer, without cost to the employee.

1.3 However, an employer may pay an employee weekly by cash without consultation.
[26.4 substituted by PR588641 ppc 16Dec16]

1.4 Where an employee is paid their wages by cash or cheque and the employee is left waiting at the workplace to be paid for more than 15 minutes, the employee must be paid overtime rates after that 15 minutes for the duration spent waiting at the workplace.

1.5 Employees who are not paid by electronic funds transfer and whose rostered day off falls on pay day must be paid their wages, if they so desire, before going off duty on the working day prior to their day off.

A copy of the updated HIGA can be found on the AHA (Vic) website by clicking here.

If you have questions about the information provided in this overview, please contact the undersigned on (03) 9654 7100.
Regards

John Sweetman
Workplace Relations Advisor