Common use of Suspension with Pay Clause in Contracts

Suspension with Pay. (a) The Employer may direct an Employee to not attend work and not to undertake any of the Employee’s work duties at any time, provided that the Employer provides the Employee with payment at the Employee’s base rate of pay for rostered shifts during the period of suspension. (b) The circumstances in which the Employer may give the Employee such a direction include, but are not limited to, circumstances in which the Employer is carrying out an investigation into allegations of misconduct. (c) Where an Employee has been suspended and the reason for the suspension has not been substantiated by the Employer, any shortfall in the Employee's earnings for the suspension period shall be made up by the Employer equal to the amount the Employee would have earned, had they worked the shifts they missed due to being suspended.