AP784988CRV - Insurance Industry Award 1998
16.1 Tropical allowances
[16.1 varied by R6437 S9276 PR908600 PR923272 PR937591 PR951638 PR962257 PR975021 PR978586; PR983698 ppc 01Oct08]
Employees employed in and north of Rockhampton shall be paid a tropical allowance of $563.14 per annum for employees 21 years of age and over and $266.31 per annum for employees under the age of 21 years.
16.1.1 These allowances are to be paid as follows:
Where employees are paid weekly 1/52 of the allowance
Where employees are paid fortnightly 1/26 of the allowance
Where employees are paid monthly 1/12 of the allowance
16.2 Excess fares and travelling time allowance
16.2.1 Employees required to work at a location other than their usual place of employment must be compensated for any additional fares incurred in travelling to and from the temporary location by way of an allowance equal to the additional costs
This allowance is in addition to these employees’ having to be paid at the ordinary rate of pay for the additional time spent in travelling to and from the temporary location where the additional time exceeds 30 minutes each way travelling by the most convenient mode of transport.
16.3 Removal allowances - reimbursement of expenses
16.3.1 The provisions of this clause shall apply only to employer initiated transfer. Any payment made in the case of employees transferred at their own request shall be at the discretion of the employer.
16.3.2 Pursuant to 16.3.1 when as a consequence of such a transfer an employee is required to change a place of residence the employee shall be reimbursed by way of an allowance for:
16.3.2(a) Fares
All costs and fares incurred in transporting the employee and dependents who normally live with the employee from the previous place of residence to the new place of residence. Provided that the amount paid shall not exceed the cost of economy class air fares for the employee and dependents.
16.3.2(b) Removal costs
All reasonable costs incurred in the removal of the employee's furniture, furnishing and normal household items to the employee's new place of residence, including packing, transport and insurance. In addition the employer shall reimburse the employee for all furniture storage costs and insurance for a period not exceeding three months from the date of transfer.
16.3.2(c) Temporary accommodation
The additional cost of temporary accommodation approved by the employer and incurred by the employee in the first three months after the transfer. The additional cost shall be the difference between the cost of the previous accommodation, defined as the rent, or in the case of owned premises, the interest, insurance and rates payable on such accommodation and the cost of the temporary accommodation. Provided that while the employee continues to be liable for the cost of the previous accommodation during this period the employee shall be reimbursed for the cost of the temporary accommodation.
16.3.2(d) Conveyancing expenses
The legal and statutory charges and real estate agents commission involved in the sale and purchase of the employee's principal residence (house or flat).
16.3.2(e) Incidental costs
[16.3.2(e) varied by R6437 S9276 PR908600 PR923272 PR937591 PR951638 PR962257 PR975021 PR978586; PR983698 ppc 01Oct08]
Costs actually incurred by the employee resulting from the necessity to buy new school uniforms, refit curtains, alter plumbing or electricity outlets or other unavoidable costs directly attributable to the employee's transfer provided that such costs do not exceed $1,064.18.
16.3.3 Paid time off
16.3.3(a) The requirement to pay the allowances prescribed in 16.3.2 are in addition to the employee required to change their place of residence as a result of an employer initiated transfer being allowed periods of time off without loss of pay, and arranged between an employee and an employer, to travel to the new employment location and for the purpose of obtaining permanent accommodation at the new location.
16.4 Incidental use of motor vehicle allowance
[16.4.1 varied by R6437 S9276 PR908600 PR923272 PR937591 PR951638 PR962257 PR975021 PR978586; PR983698 ppc 01Oct08]
16.4.1 Where an employee is requested to use his own car in connection with an employer’s business, on an ad hoc basis, the employee shall be paid an allowance to compensate him/her for such use calculated at the rate of 79.68 cents per kilometre travelled.
