Common use of Annual Leave Loading Clause in Contracts

Annual Leave Loading. (a) In addition to their ordinary pay, an Employee, other than a shiftworker, will be paid an annual leave loading of 17.5% of their ordinary pay on a maximum of 152 hours/four weeks annual leave per annum. (b) Shiftworkers, in addition to their ordinary pay, will be paid the higher of: (i) an annual leave loading of 17.5% of ordinary pay; or (ii) the weekend and shift penalties the Employee would have received had they not been on leave during the relevant period based on the Employee’s roster pattern from the previous 4 roster cycles. (c) When the employment of an Employee is terminated, and at the time of the termination the Employee has not been given and not taken the whole of an annual leave period to which the Employee became entitled, the Employee will be paid their leave loading entitlement for the period not taken. (d) Annual leave loading is not payable for days that have been added in accordance with the election provisions of clause 42.2(a).