Example of Make-Up Pay (Employed NSmen) Calculation
Your Make-Up Pay is calculated based on your usual basic salary or fixed allowance payable to you for the period of your Operationally Ready National Service (ORNS) activity, supported by your payslips for the 6 months prior to your ORNS activity. For variable income components (if applicable), calculations will be based on the average monthly amount for the 6 months prior to your ORNS activity.
A public holiday that falls on a working day should be considered a paid working day and not be excluded from the denominator (working days in the month) and the numerator (working days within the ORNS activity) when calculating the loss in income.
The following is an example of how your Make-Up Pay is calculated:
Period of ORNS activity: 4 December 2017 (Monday) to 15 December 2017 (Friday)
Duration: 12 days in December 2017
Total days in December 2017: 31 days
Monthly Service Pay of an Infantry 3SG = $990
Service Pay for this period:
= (12/31 days x $990)
= $383.23
Total working days in December 2017: 20 days (discounting Saturday and Sunday)
Working days during ORNS activity: 10 days in December (discounting Saturday, Sunday and public holidays)
Your payment received for the past 6 months before training:
| Month | Civilian income components |
|---|---|
| May |
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| June |
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| July |
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| August |
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| September |
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| October |
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Your Average Monthly Variable Overtime Allowance:
= ($50 + $100 + $60 + $10 + $70 + $80) / 6 months
= $61.67
Your company uses the 5-day work week (Monday – Friday) formula1 for salary pro-ration:
- (Your salary multiplied by working days during your ORNS activity) divided by total working days in the month
1There are different formulas used for salary pro-ration. Please check with your employer on which formula is used.
Using the 5-day work week (Monday – Friday) formula for the claim submission by your employer, your loss in civilian income during your ORNS activity will be calculated as:
-
Basic Salary ($2,500 monthly)
4 to 8 December (5 working days):
= $2,500 x 5/20
= $62511 to 15 December (5 working days):
= $2,500 x 5/20
= $625Total loss in Basic Salary during your ORNS activity:
= $625 + $625
= $1,250 -
Fixed Shift Allowance ($250 monthly)
4 to 8 December (5 working days):
= $250 x 5/20
= $62.5011 to 15 December (5 working days):
= $250 x 5/20
= $62.50Total loss in Fixed Shift Allowance during your ORNS activity:
= $62.50 + $62.50
= $125.00 -
Variable Overtime Allowance
4 to 8 December (5 working days):
= $61.67 x 5/20
= $15.4211 to 15 December (5 working days):
= $61.67 x 5/20
= $15.42Total loss in Variable Overtime Allowance during your ORNS activity:
= $15.42 + $15.42
= $30.84
Total loss in civilian income during your ORNS activity:
= $1,250 + $125 + $30.84
= $1,405.84
Result: Your Make-Up Pay for this period:
= Your loss in civilian income – Service Pay for the duration of your ORNS activity
= $1,405.84– $383.23
= $1,022.61
