AN170068 – Mobile Crane Hire Award

2. FARES, TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION

(a) Fares and Travel Allowance

(i) $14.30 per day (i.e., paid only once per day) shall be paid to compensate for travel patterns and costs peculiar to the nature of employment in the mobile crane hiring industry.

(ii) This allowance shall be payable for every day upon which an employee works or reports for work in accordance with the employer’s requirements but shall not be taken into account in calculating overtime, penalty rates, annual leave, sick leave or RDOs.

(ii) It is recommended that for taxation purposes, employees maintain a private log book of travel times and expenditures.

(iv) An employee directed to a work site where there is no reasonable means of transport available on cessation of work shall upon request be supplied with transport by the employer to return to the Depot or point where work was commenced.

Provided that this provision shall apply only on the first day of engagement on any work site.

(v) Provided that where alternative arrangements for the treatment of fares and travel existed as at 10th September 1990 such arrangements shall continue until further order of the Commission.

(b) Travel During Working Hours

(i) Car Allowance

An employee directed by an employer to use a private vehicle during working time shall be paid 0.77 cents per km measured to and from respective sites, in addition to payment for the time spent in travelling at the appropriate ordinary time or overtime rate.

(ii) Provided the time spent travelling from home to the initial work site and travelling from the final work site to home on any day shall not be paid unless the employee travels beyond a radius of 50km from the employer’s depot. An employee travelling beyond the 50km radius on any day shall be paid travelling time at the appropriate rate for the time taken travelling to and from the site to the 50km radius line.

(c) Accommodation and Overnight Allowance

Where an employee is required by the employer to be away from home overnight, first class accommodation, including full board shall be provided by the employer. In addition $10.90 shall be paid for each night the employee is required to be away from home.