Australia Post General Conditions of Employment Award 1999
AP766597 - Australia Post General Conditions of Employment Award 1999
19.1.1 Eligibility
An employee under 21 years of age who has a wholly or substantially dependent spouse and/or child and whose annual salary is below $26,001 shall be paid an allowance to raise the employee's salary to that amount.
19.1.2 Spouse
For the purpose of this clause, spouse includes a defacto spouse.
An employee on temporary duty away from the employee's head station shall be paid an allowance equal to any excess costs incurred in travelling between the employee's residence and the temporary station.
Employees appointed as first aid attendants shall be paid an allowance at the relevant rate specified for the qualification held as set out in Table 1 below.
Table 1 |
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First Aid Allowance (19.3) |
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Standard |
Qualification Held |
Rate per Week |
Certificate Standard A |
St John Ambulance Australia Senior First Aid Certificate Level 2 First Aid Certificate; or an equivalent qualification. |
$7.70 |
Certificate Re-examination
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St. John Ambulance Australia Advanced First Aid Certificate/Level 3 First Aid Certificate; or Australian Red Cross Occupational First Aid Course Certificate; or an equivalent qualification. |
$9.50 |
Medallion Standard C |
St John Ambulance Occupational First Aid/Level 4 First Aid Certificate; or an equivalent qualification. |
$11.50 |
19.4 Headquarters Relocation Allowance
An employee whose headquarters is transferred to a new location because of a change in the organisation or operations of Australia Post may be paid an allowance equivalent to the amount of excess fares paid or reasonable expenses incurred in travelling to and from the new location for a period of three months. The allowance is not payable to an employee classified as Administrative Officer Level 6 or Postal Manager Level 3.
An employee who temporarily performs duties at a higher level will be paid an allowance as follows:
19.5.1 Payment Rate
19.5.1(a) if all of the duties of the higher level are performed, an amount to raise salary to the rate that would have been received had the employee been promoted to the level;
19.5.1(b) if only part of the duties of the higher level an amount commensurate with the proportion of higher duties performed.
19.5.2 Allowance Regarded as Salary for Other Purposes
An allowance granted under this clause shall be regarded as salary for the purposes of calculating penalty payments and excess travelling time.
19.5.3 Minimum Period
An employee cannot be paid higher duties allowance unless the period is at least 1/2 a day (continuous) provided that any continuous periods between 1/2 a day and a day shall be regarded as 1 full day for payment purposes.
19.5.4 Payment During Leave
An employee in receipt of higher duties allowance who proceeds on paid leave shall continue to be paid the allowance during the leave if the allowance would have been paid but for the granting of leave.
19.6 Intermittent Driving Allowance
19.6.1 Adult Employee
An employee who is in receipt of salary less than the rate payable to a Postal Transport Officer and who is required to drive a motor vehicle or a fork lift on any day or part day shall be paid an allowance to raise salary for that day to the Postal Transport Officer rate. The determination of the allowance shall be subject to the normal rules for the payment of higher duties allowance.
19.6.2 Junior Employee
An employee less than 21 years of age and on junior rates who is required to drive a motor vehicle or a fork lift on any day or part of a day shall be paid such an allowance as is necessary to raise salary for that day to an amount equivalent to the appropriate percentage specified for the age in Table 2 below of the minimum salary payable to a Postal Transport Officer specified in Schedule A of the Australia Post Operations Award 1999.
Table 2 | |
Age of Employee |
Percentage of minimum
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Under 17 years |
50 |
At 17 years |
60 |
At 18 years |
70 |
At 19 years |
81 |
At 20 years |
91 |
19.7 Living Away From Home Allowance
19.7.1 Eligibility
An employee shall be paid a Living Away From Home Allowance if the employee is:
19.7.1(a) less than 21 years of age; and
19.7.1(b) required to live away from home in rented accommodation or under board and lodging conditions; and
[19.7.1(c) varied by PR930871 PR952638; PR964757 ppc 27Oct05]
19.7.1(c) is receiving an annual salary below $25,270.
19.7.2 Amount
The allowance payable is the fortnightly amount needed to raise annual salary to $25,270.
19.8.1 An employee shall be paid an overtime meal allowance of $12.50 when the employee is required to work at least:
19.8.1(a) 1 hour of overtime continuous with ordinary duty. In determining whether or not an overtime attendance is continuous with ordinary duty, unpaid meal breaks are to be disregarded;
19.8.1(b) 5 hours overtime on a day the employee is not rostered for ordinary duty;
19.8.1(c) an additional 5 hours overtime on a day on which eligibility for payment of a first meal allowance has already been established under 19.8.1(a) or 19.8.1(b).
19.8.2 For a part-time employee, only duty which attracts an overtime penalty rate counts as overtime under 19.8.1 for the purpose of an overtime meal allowance .
19.8.3 Where a three course meal can be obtained by the employee at an Australia Post cafeteria, the overtime meal allowance payable is the maximum amount which can be charged for a three course meal.
19.8.4 An employee shall not be paid a meal allowance if it is not unreasonable that the employee returns home for a meal during the meal break.
19.9 Private Motor Vehicle Allowance
An employee who is authorised to use a private motor vehicle for official purposes or in circumstances in which Australia Post would otherwise meet the cost of the journey is entitled to be reimbursed reasonable expenses incurred in using the vehicle on that journey.
An employee who is approved by Australia Post as a student to undertake a course of study or a short course of instruction may be granted reimbursement in full or in part of fees incurred for the course.
19.11 Temporary Accommodation Allowance
An employee who has been transferred or promoted from one locality to another and who is unable to obtain suitable long-term accommodation at the new locality will be reimbursed for a reasonable period of time additional reasonable living expenses incurred in residing in temporary accommodation at the new location.
An employee who is required to drive a motor vehicle of one of the types described in Table 3 below shall be paid, in addition to salary, an allowance at the relevant rate prescribed for the type of vehicle for each day or portion thereof while the vehicle is driven on a public carriageway.
Table 3 | |
Tonnage Allowance (19.12) | |
Vehicle Type |
Rate per Day |
Light Rigid Vehicle
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$2.64 |
Heavy Rigid Vehicle
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$5.20 |
Articulated Vehicle
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$9.01 |
Road Train
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$12.21 |
19.13.1 Eligibility
This clause applies to an employee who is transferred from one locality to another:
19.13.1(a) in the interest of Australia Post; or
19.13.1(b) in the ordinary course of promotion; or
19.13.1(c) on account of illness of such a nature as to justify the transfer; or
19.13.1(d) after a residence of three or more years in a prescribed isolated locality or a locality where climatic conditions are severe; or
19.13.1(e) to fill a vacancy in a prescribed isolated locality or a locality where climatic conditions are severe; and
19.13.1(f) the transfer necessitates a change in residence.
19.13.2 Entitlement
An employee to whom this clause applies is entitled to have paid by Australia Post:
19.13.2(a) the reasonable cost of conveyance of the employee and the employee's dependants; and
19.13.2(b) the cost reasonably incurred by the employee in removing furniture and household effects and those of the employee's dependants, from the locality at which the employee resided immediately before the transfer to the new locality.
19.14.1 Overnight Absence
An employee who is required to be away overnight is entitled to be paid an allowance for reasonable expenses for accommodation, meals and incidental costs whilst:
19.14.1(a) travelling on duty;
19.14.1(b) travelling to a new location to take up duty on promotion or transfer in Australia Post’s interests;
19.14.1(c) carrying out duties at another place by direction of an authorised manager/supervisor.
19.14.2 Part-day Absence
An employee who is required to be on duty away from the employee's headquarters or temporary headquarters for more than 10 hours but the absence does not extend overnight is eligible to be paid an allowance for additional reasonable expenses incurred other than for travel. Payment of the allowance is subject to the following conditions:
19.14.2(a) no other cost re-imbursement allowance is payable in respect of the absence (for example – Overtime Meal Allowance); and
19.14.2(b) the allowance is not payable whilst an employee whose normal duties require the employee to be absent from the headstation or temporary headstation is performing normal duties.
