Section 149Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)

Automatic variation of allowances

If a modern award includes allowances that the FWC considers are of a kind that should be varied when wage rates in the award are varied, the award must include terms providing for the automatic variation of those allowances when wage rates in the award are varied.

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