Hourly rate offered is $25 including leave loading. (no payment for annual, sick or public holidays)
Not sure what this really means,obviously understand the stuff in brackets, but not leave loading?

An Old Payment from the Old Days of Industrial Unionisms.
Basically it means the Blue Collar workers who were paid for a 40 Hour Week usually worked more hours on Overtime,so when they had their Annual Leave the Annual Leave Payments were calculated on a 40 hour week-NOT the Average of Overtime worked during the year.
Leave Loading was to cover the shortfall.

thank you for the reply. The job is as a nanny, nd is for 19 hours a week,over two days. Sorry to sound not very bright, but what does that mean if i was to apply for it. How much are you actually getting an hour? or cant i tell unless i call up to ask. Because its with an agency they dont like you to make calls and ask about money involved in a position.

In modern terms is it not also something to do with being paid 13 pays in 12 months??? if you go on 4 weeks holiday

Never heard of that one. Almost everyone gets paid fortnightly here anyway.

It's getting an extra 17.5% on top of your normal pay rate when you take leave.

Doesn't apply to everyone - depends on their occupation - and the reason is as outlined in post #2. (To make up for losing overtime or other allowances when not actually working).

.......was brought in originally partly to compensate shift workers for public holidays/wwekends etc but is now pretty widespread. So much so that some shift workers now get more than the usual 17.5%, to compensate again!!

I have not been paid fortnightly since I was a contractor.

Certainly the norm up here. 26 pay days a year.

The Leave Loading will not effect the hourly rate AFAIK. I get paid my 17.5% Leave Loading in one hit once a year (it's 17.5% of the pay rate for the number of holiday days you are entitled to - so for me I get a 'bonus' of 17.5% of 20 days pay).

It may be different for others.

I also get paid fortnightly - much easier to budget than getting paid monthly I think.

The 17.5% is paid on your annual leave. Max. is 4 weeks.

I have been paid fortnightly in all my time here as a contractor

5 weeks if you work 10 sundays a year., under the Federal Award. 17.5 pct is the norm for almost everyone under the award federal wages system. The fact that the OP is getting the 17.5 pct leave loading, possibly means there is a federal award wage for nannies.

I'd say still the majority of the Country is employed under the Federal award system..... It's how Labour got in despite all the odds at the last election.... The Award System v the Liberals work choices.

Just checked re the Federal award for Nannies... looks like there isn't one. However they do have to receive the minimum contract wage which will be around 16 bucks per hour for anyone over 18.

http://www.centenarynannies.com.au/services.html

Thank you. I wonder if the people on gumtree know that. Theres people on there wanting to pay $10 an hour.. thanks for all replies. Most contracts are for 4 weeks a yr hols, thats standard, so should not be too hard to work that out.

If you find yourself in a position where you are on lower wage like that and am happy there... then bide your time, get what you can in writing and then if you feel the need go to someone like Maurice and blackburn or Slater and Gordon who will provide a free service for claimants and claim after termination for backpay.

It's up to you.... you may feel morally the family have been good to you... taken you on good trips and treated you well etc etc, you may not want to go down that path. However the option is there.

*Kenyons" are actually better than the above two.... they will go out of their way to find something else they can ping the perpetrators for and tell you within 24 hours if your going to get your money or not.



As they say, Ignorance of the Law is no excuse. Plus the employing families could be banking on overseas peoples ignorance.

Oh god, if only you knew me!!! I have a real problem doing anything that drops other people in it ,unless they are truly horrific. i recently worked for someone,dont want to go into it all here,just in case, but I have more than a sneaky suspicion they were really doing me over big time. I should have just left there and then, but I felt obliged to work out some notice cos I didnt want to drop her in it with no carer. I know, nuts, hubby was like just dont go back. So anyway, i dont think i would ever chase after anyone for anything i felt they may owe me , but i appreciate the info, thank you