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ACT may identify extra pay while temporarily covering a different role. It can be a fixed allowance, a percentage supplement or a higher rate applied only during the acting assignment.
Employer-specific label: this is a possible interpretation. Confirm the full meaning in the codebook for the employer that issued your statement.
How to read this entry
Use the possible interpretation Acting pay for temporary duties alongside the column heading. An earnings amount, an employee deduction and an employer-cost memo can have different effects even when their labels look similar.
Example on a pay statement
If an acting allowance is $75 per full week and applies for two weeks, the expected extra gross pay is $150 before any proration.
Examples illustrate the checking method. They are not a personal tax calculation or a promise of a particular benefit.
What to check with payroll
Check the assignment approval and its start and end dates; distinguish the temporary allowance from a permanent pay rise.
Compare related entries
Read the earnings, overtime and pay adjustment codes guide to compare the entries in this part of your statement. Use the full pay stub code directory when a second abbreviation is unfamiliar.
Reference and scope
Official guidance on earnings, overtime and pay adjustment codes provides background on the underlying rules. It does not validate an individual employer’s internal abbreviation.