AN140103 – Electrical Contracting Industry Award - State 2003

PART 8 - TRANSFERS, TRAVELLING AND WORKING AWAY FROM USUAL PLACE OF WORK 

8.1 COUNTRY WORK

8.1.1 When an employee is engaged upon Country Work, their employer shall pay all their fares; such fares shall be second class when travelling by rail during the day time, and saloon when travelling by boat and economy class when travelling by air. When travelling by rail during the night time first class fares and sleeping berth tickets shall be provided when available.

8.1.2 When required to travel to or from a job during working hours, employees shall be paid at ordinary rates for the time spent in travelling, also for ordinary working hours during which they may be kept waiting after their arrival at or on completion of the job. During such time the employer shall pay the employee $9.60 per meal.

8.1.3 All employees required to travel by rail, road or air during hours outside the ordinary working hours shall be paid at ordinary rates for the actual time of such travelling excepting on Sundays and public holidays when they shall be paid one and a-half times the ordinary rate:

Provided that the maximum number of such hours on each outward and homeward journey to be so paid for shall be 12 per day. Reasonable allowances shall be paid to employees on such outward or homeward journey. All employees travelling by boat shall receive saloon fares, reasonable allowances and ordinary wages for 8 hours per day while so travelling.

8.1.4 Where employees are required to remain away from home overnight, the employer shall supply suitable board including 3 adequate meals each day and sleeping accommodation, or pay to employees an allowance of $50.00 per day for the first 7 days and $350.00 per week (of 7 days) thereafter.

Where an employee returns home for a weekend or part of a weekend and does not absent themselves from the job for any of the ordinary working hours, no reduction of the allowance in clause 8.1 shall be made.

Where in the performance of their work employees are obliged to live in camp, they shall be paid $81.24 per week in addition to the rates hereinbefore prescribed, and tents with suitable flys and suitable wooden flooring, stretchers, camp and cooking utensils shall be supplied free of charge by the employer, and the erection of all such camps shall be done in the employer's time, but the employee shall be liable for damage done to such tents, wooden flooring, stretchers, camp and cooking utensils wilfully or by reason of negligence.