Australia Post General Conditions of Employment Award 1999
AP766597 - Australia Post General Conditions of Employment Award 1999
An employee who is travelling or on duty away from the employee's head station will be paid for the time necessarily spent in travel or on duty (exclusive of overtime duty) in excess of:
23.1.1 the employee’s usual hours of duty for the day; and
23.1.2 the time necessarily spent between departing from home and commencing duty at the employee's head station and the time necessarily spent between ceasing duty at the head station and arrival at home.
Payment will not be made unless the excess time is more than:
23.2.1 1/2 hour in any 1 day; or
23.2.2 21/2 hours in any pay period in the case of an employee whose ordinary hours are confined to 5 days of the week; or
23.2.3 in the case of a part-time employee who works on less than 5 days per week, an amount of time in any pay period determined by multiplying the number of days worked each pay period by 15 minutes. For example: if a part-time employee works 4 days per week, excess travelling time would not be payable under this provision unless the excess time is more than 2 hours in a pay period determined by multiplying 8 days worked each pay period by 15 minutes.
Payment will not be made for more than 5 hours in any one day.
The rate of payment is:
23.4.1 Mondays to Saturdays - single time; and
23.4.2 Sundays and Public Holidays - single time and one half.
The term head station for the purpose of this clause means:
23.5.1 Fixed Place of Work
For employees who are required ordinarily to work day by day at the same fixed place for work - the place so fixed by Australia Post; and
23.5.2 Variable Place of Work
For employees whose place of work is variable within a specified district - a place within the district fixed by Australia Post and advised in writing to the employee.
Travelling time includes:
23.6.1 Waiting Time for Public Transport
The time during which an employee has to wait for change of trains or other scheduled conveyance and/or trains or other scheduled conveyance between the advertised and actual time of departure;
23.6.2 Waiting Time at Work Scene
In the case of an employee not absent from the permanent or temporary head station overnight, the time spent by that employee outside the usual hours of duty for the day in waiting between the time of arrival at the scene of work and the time of commencement of work, and/or between the time of ceasing work and the time of departure of the first available train or other means of conveyance; and
23.6.3 Travelling Time on Transfer
Time spent in travelling on transfer in all cases where transfer expenses are allowed except where the transfer involves promotion which carries increased pay.
23.6.4 Travelling Time Does Not Include:
23.6.4(a) time of travelling in which an employee is required to perform any duty while travelling or walking, or cycle or drive a vehicle in which cases the time spent on such activities is regarded as duty; and
23.6.4(b) time of travelling by train between 10.30 p.m. and 7 a.m. where a sleeping berth is provided on the train, or any time of travelling (day and night) by train from one capital city to another where a sleeping berth is provided.
23.7 Employee Required to Work within a District
An employee may be required to work at any place within a district and may be required to proceed direct to that place of work without proceeding to the head station. If the time necessarily spent by an employee in proceeding direct to and returning from such a place of work establishes a claim for payment for excess travelling time, it shall be dealt with under the general provisions of this clause.
An employee being paid at a level of Administrative Officer 6 or Postal Manager Grade 3 is not entitled to payment for excess travelling time.
A day means from midnight to midnight.
