Meal Allowance - More than one meal a day away from home


Award Definition

Journalists Published Media Award 2010 [MA000067]

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Applies from: 01/07/2023

Allowance Description

If an employee’s duty requires them to take more than one meal a day away from their home, any meal or meals in excess of one a day will (unless otherwise paid for or reimbursed by the employer) be paid for by the employer at the rate of $22.79 for such meal.

For the purpose of this clause, a meal means breakfast, lunch or dinner and the normal meal break hours are:

Breakfast

6.00 am to 8.00 am

Lunch

12.00 pm to 2.00 pm

Dinner

6.00 pm to 8.00 pm

 

 

An employee will be entitled to payment of one meal allowance in any one day if the employee works through 2 of the agreed meal break periods in that day or 2 meal allowances if working through 3 of the agreed meal break periods.



What to pay

$22.79 per meal for the 2nd and 3rd meal

Notes

This is a type of expense allowance where we would not expect the employee to claim a deduction for this in their tax return

Should you withhold tax?

Withhold tax from this allowance

Should super be paid on this allowance?

This allowance forms part of ordinary times earnings

Should payroll tax be paid on this allowance?

Include this allowance for payroll tax purposes

How is it treated on the payment summary?

Include this allowance as part of gross wages

How should it be reported for Single Touch Payroll?

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