Section 638 — Fair Work Act 2009: Remuneration of Deputy Presidents or Commissioners performing duties on a part-time basis

(1) If the President approves a Deputy President or Commissioner (the part-time member) performing his or her duties on a part-time basis, the President and the part-time member are to enter into a written agreement specifying the proportion (the agreed proportion) of full-time duties to be worked by the part-time member. (2) The agreed proportion may be varied by a written agreement between the President and the part-time member. (3) The part-time member’s annual rate of salary at a particular time is equal to the agreed proportion at that time of the annual rate of salary that would be payable to the part-time member if he or she were performing his or her duties on a full-time basis. (4) The allowances that are to be paid to the part-time member under section 637 are not affected by this section.