Some awards say that an employee should get paid a meal allowance for working a certain amount of overtime.
When won’t an employee get paid a meal allowance during overtime?
An employee won’t get paid a meal allowance during overtime if their award:
- doesn’t have a meal allowance
- says that a meal allowance isn’t paid when they’re given notice of the overtime work
- says that a meal allowance isn’t paid when the employer supplies a meal.
What to do next
- Use our Pay and Conditions Tool to calculate pay rates, allowances and penalty rates (including overtime).
- Not sure this is your award? Use Find my award to find out which award applies to you.
- Get help with pay.
- Find out about Other workplace relations help
