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Section B – understanding your payslip
Following is a sample of a payslip with various payments. An understanding of the Collective Contracts is necessary to be able to calculate your pay correctly. It is advisable that you are aware of your entitlements and it is important that your correct duties worked are recorded on Onestaff or the Yellow Work Schedule so the payments shown on your payslip will be correct. Your Manager or Supervisor should have a copy of the current Collective Agreement that you are covered by or you can find them on the intranet under Departments, Human Resources, Collective Agreements.
At the WDHB everybody is paid fortnightly. The fortnight begins at 0001, Monday morning and ends at 2400, Sunday night. The pays are direct credited to your bank account on Wednesday night after your pay end date.
In Box 1 is the pay period end date. This will always be a Sunday and is the date that you have been paid up to.
In Box 2 are the details of the payments made to you for the fortnight. The earnings description describes the type of payment. The following glossary is designed to help interpret what the payments are for.
The HOURS/UNITS column shows the number of hours or units that have been paid for each earnings type.
The RATE column shows the hourly or unit rate that the hours/units were paid at. In this payslip example, the Night Rate Between 9pm and 6am had 8.5 hours paid at the hourly rate of $4.942. Night rate is paid at time 1⁄4, so the hourly rate shown is equal to $19.770 divided by 4.
The PAY AMOUNT column shows the gross amount paid for each earnings.
In Box 3 are shown all of the disbursements. Any deductions to other organisations that you may have, your PAYE and the money going into your bank account. If you wish to change your bank account see Section F for a Direct Credit Bank Authority form or if you wish to change a deduction use the Payroll Deduction form.
The Year To Date $ shown in Box 4 on the pay advice are the earnings you have received for the current tax year, from April to March.
The Annual Salary shown in Box 5 on the payslip is your base salary. This does not include any allowances that you are paid. The hourly rate is calculated by dividing the salary by 2086 (this is the annual divisor as stated in the collective agreements except for Dental Therapists, Community Services whose annual divisor is 1846).