AN160140 – Gate, Fence and Frames Manufacturing Award

19. - FARES AND TRAVELLING TIME

(1) (a) An employee who, on any day, or from day to day is required to work at a job away from the employee's accustomed workshop or depot shall, at the direction of the employer, present for work at such job at the usual starting time.

(b) An employee to whom paragraph (a) of this subclause applies shall be paid at ordinary rates for time spent in travelling between the employee's home and the job and shall be reimbursed for any fares incurred in such travelling, but only to the extent that the time so spent and the fares so incurred exceed the time normally spent and the fares normally incurred in travelling between the employee's home and the accustomed workshop or depot.

(c) An employee who with the approval of the employer uses a personal means of transport for travelling to or from outside jobs shall be paid the amount of excess fares and travelling time which would have been incurred in using public transport unless the employee has an arrangement with the employer for a regular allowance.

(2) An employee, to whom subclause (1) of this clause does not apply and who is engaged on construction work or regular repair service and/or maintenance work, shall be paid an allowance in accordance with the provisions of this subclause to compensate for excess fares and travelling time from the employee's home to the place of work and return -

(a) On places within a radius of 50 kilometres from the General Post Office, Perth - $13.30 per day.

(b) For each additional kilometre to a radius of 60 kilometres from the General Post Office, Perth - 65 cents per kilometre.

(c) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (d) of this subclause, work performed at places beyond a 60 kilometre radius from the General Post Office, Perth shall be deemed to be distant work unless the employer and the employees, with the consent of the Union, agree in any particular case that the travelling allowance of 65 cents per kilometre shall be paid for each kilometre in excess of 60 kilometres.

(d) In respect to work carried out from an employer's depot situated outside a radius of 60 kilometres from the General Post Office, Perth, the main Post Office in the town in which such depot is situated shall be the centre for the purpose of calculating the allowance to be paid.

(e) Where transport to and from the job is provided by the employer from and to the employer's depot, or such other place more convenient to the employee mutually agreed upon between the employer and the employee, half the above rates shall be paid: provided that the conveyance used for such transport is equipped with suitable seating and weatherproof covering.

(3) For travelling during working hours from and to the employer's place of business or from one job to another, an employee shall be paid by the employer at ordinary rates. The employer shall pay all fares and reasonable expenses in connection with such travelling.

(4) Where Clause 20. - Distant Work of this award applies to the majority of the employees employed under the award on any construction work, the provisions of this clause do not apply but the provisions of subclause (7) of the said Clause 20. - Distant Work of this Award shall be applied to each employee as if supplied with board and lodging.