No employer shall pay and no employee shall accept wages lower than those prescribed in the Addendums to this Agreement.

[Clause 14(Clause 14.1) substituted by section 10(1) of Notice No. 946, GG 40229, dated 26 August 2016]

[Clause 14 heading substituted by section 7(1) of Notice No. 1465, GG 41350, dated 22 December 2017]

All work performed by employees shall be paid for at an hourly rate, which hourly rate shall be determined by dividing the employee's actual weekly wage by 44 or by such lesser hours ordinarily worked by the establishment.

[Clause 14(14.3) substituted by section 10(2) of Notice No. 946, GG 40229, dated 26 August 2016]

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, payment for all work done shall be at not less than the hourly rates of pay as prescribed for the actual occupation skills level of the operation or operations performed.

An employee who is employed during any one day on work for which  different hourly rates of pay are prescribed shall be paid for all the hours worked on such day at the higher or highest hourly rate of pay prescribed for such work.

[Clause 14(14.4)(14.5) substituted by section 7(3) of Notice No. 1465, GG 41350, dated 22 December 2017]

Employers may elect to pay wages by means of electronic transfer to employees' bank accounts or by means of cash only. Wages paid in cash shall be paid directly to the employee.

General Provisions:

My employee who works on a paid public holiday shall be remunerated for the hours worked on that day at his normal rate of pay in addition to the hours paid for that paid public holiday and shall further be paid an allowance of 33% of his hourly rate of pay for all 1hose hours worked on such a day.

An employer may, at its sole discretion, work time in to a maximum of 3 days per year (January to December), in lieu of normal working time that will be lost, owing to the closure of the establishment for religious holidays, or for any other reason.  All employees concerned shall be paid their ordinary rates of pay, provided that the time expected to be lost shall be worked in prior to such closure and provided that an establishment's affected employees, were consulted prior to the working in of time.  The payment of wages for the time worked in must be made to the employees concerned during the same pay week, when the time was lost.

[Clause 14(14.9) substituted by section 10(3) of Notice No. 946, GG 40229, dated 26 August 2016]

[Clause 14 (14.10) heading substituted by section 10(4) of Notice No. 946, GG 40229, dated 26 August 2016]

A night shift allowance, which will provide for meal and transport costs, is payable to an employee where the employee is employed between 18:00 and 06:00 at the following rates of pay:

The employer shall pay the employee his ordinary rate of pay, plus a 17.5% night shift allowance.

The employer shall pay the employee his ordinary rate of pay, plus a 13% night shift allowance.

[Clause 14(14.11) heading substituted by section 7(4) of Notice No. 1465, GG 41350, dated 22 December 2017]

Should a performance agreement be concluded at an establishment, such a performance agreement may be used as a set-off against annual wage increases, subject to union approval and/or notification to the Council.

An employer shall, in addition to any other remuneration due, pay his employee who, on any journey undertaken in the performance of his duties, is absent from his place of residence and his employer's establishment for any period extending over one or more nights, a subsistence  allowance  of not  less than  that  prescribed in Addendum  2  or Addendum 3 of this Agreement