NMWM09145 - Pay reference periods and elements of pay: salary premium for salaried hours work

Relevant legislation

The legislation that applies to this page is as follows:

  • National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015, regulations 10(o) & 21(9)

From 6 April 2020, certain payments paid in respect of basic hours to workers performing salaried hours work do not form part of a worker’s remuneration for calculating pay for minimum wage purposes.

Such payments are attributable to working:

  • at a particular time of the day,
  • on a particular day,
  • at a particular location,
  • in a particular working environment,
  • within a particular geographical area,
  • on a particular task, or
  • subject to a particular responsibility.