Annual Leave Loading 18. 9.1 Amount In addition to any amounts payable during a period of annual leave, an employee shall, for the period of leave, receive a loading of the greater of:- (a) 17.5% of salary of the employee as at the accrual date of the leave subject to a maximum payment of the equivalent of the Australian Statistician's average weekly total earnings of all employees (males) August Preliminary for the year preceding the year in which the date of leave credit occurs; or: (b) any additional payments for shift, Saturday or Sunday duty not in excess of prescribed weekly hours which the employee would have performed had annual leave not been taken. 18.9.2
