AN160177 – Independent Schools Psychologists and Social Workers Award

21. – LOCATION ALLOWANCES

(1) Subject to the provisions of this clause, in addition to the rates prescribed in the wages clause of this award, an employee shall be paid the following weekly allowances when employed in the towns prescribed hereunder. Provided that where the wages are prescribed as fortnightly rates of pay, these allowances shall be shown as fortnightly allowances.

TOWN	PER WEEK
Agnew	$17.30
Argyle	$45.60
Balladonia	$17.40
Barrow Island	$29.70
Boulder	$7.20
Broome	$27.70
Bullfinch	$8.20
Carnarvon	$14.20
Cockatoo Island	$30.40
Coolgardie	$7.20
Cue	$17.70
Dampier	$24.00
Denham	$14.20
Derby	$28.80
Esperance	$5.20
Eucla	$19.40
Exmouth	$25.00
Fitzroy Crossing	$34.80
Goldsworthy	$15.40
Halls Creek	$39.90
Kalbarri	$6.00
Kalgoorlie	$7.20
Kambalda	$7.20
Karratha	$28.60
Koolan Island	$30.40
Koolyanobbing	$8.20
Kununurra	$45.60
Laverton	$17.60
Learmonth	$25.00
Leinster	$17.30
Leonora	$17.60
Madura	$18.40
Marble Bar	$43.80
Meekatharra	$15.20
Mount Magnet	$19.00
Mundrabilla	$18.90
Newman	$16.60
Norseman	$14.90
Nullagine	$43.70
Onslow	$29.70
Pannawonica	$22.40
Paraburdoo	$22.30
Port Hedland	$23.90
Ravensthorpe	$9.20
Roebourne	$32.90
Sandstone	$17.30
Shark Bay	$14.20
Shay Gap	$15.40
Southern Cross	$8.20
Telfer	$40.50
Teutonic Bore	$17.30
Tom Price	$22.30
Whim Creek	$28.40
Wickham	$27.60
Wiluna	$17.60
Wittenoom	$38.70
Wyndham	$42.90

(2) Except as provided in subclause (3) of this clause, an employee who has:

(a) a dependant shall be paid double the allowance prescribed in subclause (1) of this clause;

(b) a partial dependant shall be paid the allowance prescribed in subclause (1) of this clause plus the difference between that rate and the amount such partial dependant is receiving by way of a district or location allowance.

(3) Where an employee:

(a) is provided with board and lodging by his/her employer, free of charge; or

(b) is provided with an allowance in lieu of board and lodging by virtue of the award or an order or agreement made pursuant to the Act;

such employee shall be paid 66²/₃ per cent of the allowances prescribed in subclause (1) of this clause.

(4) Subject to subclause (2) of this clause, junior employees, casual employees, part time employees, apprentices receiving less than adult rate and employees employed for less than a full week shall receive that proportion of the location allowance as equates with the proportion that their wage for ordinary hours that week is to the adult rate for the work performed.

(5) Where an employee is on annual leave or receives payment in lieu of annual leave he/she shall be paid for the period of such leave the location allowance to which he/she would ordinarily be entitled.

(6) Where an employee is on long service leave or other approved leave with pay (other than annual leave) he/she shall only be paid location allowance for the period of such leave he/she remains in the location in which he/she is employed.

(7) For the purposes of this clause:

(a) "Dependant" shall mean -

(i) a spouse or defacto partner; or

(ii) a child where there is no spouse or defacto partner;

who does not receive a location allowance or who, if in receipt of a salary or wage package, receives no consideration for which the location allowance is payable pursuant to the provisions of this clause.

(b) "Partial Dependant" shall mean a "dependant" as prescribed in paragraph (a) of this subclause who receives a location allowance which is less than the location allowance prescribed in subclause (1) of this clause or who, if in receipt of a salary or wage package, receives less than a full consideration for which the location allowance is payable pursuant to the provisions of this clause.

(8) Where an employee is employed in a town or location not specified in this clause the allowance payable for the purpose of subclause (1) of this clause shall be such amount as may be agreed between Australian Mines and Metals Association, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Trades and Labor Council of Western Australia or, failing such agreement, as may be determined by the Commission.

(9) Subject to the making of a General Order pursuant to s.50 of the Act, that part of each location allowance representing prices shall be varied from the beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after the 1st day in July of each year in accordance with the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (excluding housing), for Perth measured to the end of the immediately preceding March quarter, the calculation to be taken to the nearest ten cents.