AN120185 – Draughting Employees, Planners, Technical Employees, &c (State) Award

5.7 ALLOWANCES AND SPECIAL RATES

5.7.1 Allowances

5.7.1(a) Motor Allowance

Where an employee reaches agreement with their employer to use their own motor vehicle on the employer's business, such employee shall be paid an allowance of 58 cents per kilometre travelled.

5.7.1(b) Travelling, Transport and Fares

(i) Excess Travelling and Fares

An employee who on any day or from day to day is required to work at a job away from his or her accustomed workshop or depot will, at the direction of the employer, present himself or herself for work at such job at the usual starting time, but for all time reasonably spent in reaching and returning from such job (in excess of the time normally spent in travelling from his or her home to such workshop or depot and returning) he or she will be paid travelling time, and also any fares reasonably incurred in excess of those normally incurred in travelling between his or her home and such workshop or depot.

An employee who with the approval of the employer uses his or her own means of transport for travelling to or from outside jobs will be paid the amount of excess fares which he or she would have incurred in using public transport unless he or she has an arrangement with his or her employer for a regular allowance.

(ii) Distant Work

An employee sent from his or her usual locality to another (in circumstances other than those prescribed in 5.7.1(a) hereof) and required to remain away from his or her usual place of abode will be paid travelling time whilst necessarily travelling between such localities, and expenses whilst so absent from his or her usual locality.

(iii) Payment for Travelling

(1) The rate of pay for travelling time is ordinary rates, except on Sundays and holidays when it will be time and a half.

(2) The maximum travelling time to be paid for is 12 hours out of every 24 hours, or when a sleeping berth is provided by the employer for all-night travel, eight hours out of every 24.

(iv) Expenses

"Expenses" for the purpose of this clause means:

(1) All fares reasonably incurred. The fares allowed are be for rail travel, second class except where all-night travelling is involved when they are to be first class, with sleeping berth where available.

(2) Reasonable expenses incurred whilst travelling including an amount set out in Item 3 of 5.9.2(g) for each meal taken.

(3) A reasonable allowance to cover the cost incurred for board and lodging.

(v) If an employee is directed to work at a place other than his/her usual place of employment and the means of transport by which he/she is directed to travel offers travelers' accommodation of more than one class, the fares which shall be payable under this clause shall be such as to enable him/her to travel first class.

(vi) An employee, should he/she so desire it, shall be reimbursed by the employer to the extent of a first class return fare to his/her usual place of residence in respect of his/her normal place of employment after each period of four weeks on "distant work" unless such work is inherent in the normal work of the establishment in which he/she is employed. "Distant work" shall mean work which renders it necessary for an employee to sleep at a place other than his/her usual place of residence in respect of his/her usual place of employment.

5.7.2 Application of Technical Computing Allowance

An allowance of $29.35 shall be paid to any employee who is required to use technical computing equipment (as defined) to perform work of a complex nature. Work of a complex nature includes:

(a) the application of new concepts in their field of work, including the use of three-dimensional projections;

(b) the development of specialised programmes for technical computing applications;

(c) system development, including the evaluation of existing and alternative systems or ancillary software and/or hardware;

(d) the provision of training on the system for users, including the development and/or evaluation of self-learn and/or teaching methods or software packages.

Technical computing equipment is defined as computer hardware (including personal computers, micro computers, mini computers or mainframe computers) using software (including design, engineering, planning or data base programmes), which are used for technical and/or engineering applications, including design, drafting, planning, quality control, machine programming, NC programming and engineering analysis.

This allowance is not payable for routine or repetitive functions, or where the system is used merely as an aid.

5.7.3 Checking Work Allowance

A draughtsmen employed for the greater part of his/her time in checking the work of other draughtsmen shall be paid $19.30 per week in addition to the rate to which he/she otherwise is entitled under this award.