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.

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