AP829982 - Metal Industry (Victorian Public Hospitals) Award 2002
29.1 Excess travelling and fares
An employee who on any day or from day to day is required to work at a job away from their accustomed workshop or depot shall at the direction of their employer present themselves for work at such job at the usual starting time; but for all time reasonably spent in reaching and returning from such job (in excess of the time normally spent in travelling from their home to such workshop or depot and returning) they shall be paid travelling time, and also any fares reasonably incurred in excess of these normally incurred in travelling between their home and such workshop or depot. An employee who with the approval of their employer uses their own means of transport for travelling to or from outside jobs shall be paid the amount of excess fares which they would have incurred in using public transport unless they have an arrangement with their employer for a regular allowance.
29.2 Change of residence
An employee:
29.2.1 engaged in one locality to work in another; or
29.2.2 sent, other than at their own request, from their usual locality to another for employment which can reasonably be regarded as permanent; involving a change of residence shall be paid travelling time whilst necessarily travelling between such localities and expenses for a period not exceeding three months or in cases where the employee is in the process of buying a place of residence in the new locality for a period not exceeding six months. Provided that such expenses shall cease after they have taken up permanent residence or abode at the new location.
29.3 Distant work
An employee sent from their usual locality to another (in circumstances other than those prescribed in 29.2 hereof) and required to remain away from their usual place of abode shall be paid travelling time whilst necessarily travelling between such localities, and expenses whilst so absent from their usual locality.
29.4 Payment for travelling
29.4.1 The rate of pay for travelling time shall be ordinary rates except on Sundays and holidays when it shall be time and a half.
29.4.2 The maximum travelling time to be paid for shall be twelve hours out of every twenty-four hours, or when sleeping berth is provided by the employer for all-night travel, eight hours of every 24.
29.5 Definition of expenses
Expenses for the purpose of this clause means:
29.5.1 All fares reasonably incurred. For boat travel, the fares allowed shall be first-class on coastal boats, and on interstate boats where there is no second-class as distinct from steerage; and for rail travel second-class except where all-night travelling is involved when they shall be first-class, with sleeping berth where available.
29.5.2 An allowance to reimburse expenses incurred whilst travelling including the amount prescribed by 24.7 for each meal taken.
29.5.3 An allowance to cover the cost incurred for board and lodging.
29.6 Engagement of labour
Until further order an employer shall be free to engage labour on the site of a job carried on away from the workshop, without payment of any travelling time or fares, unless such employee is sent from the workshop. Provided that if an employee engaged for the erection of a job had previously been engaged by the same employer in the fabrication of the job in a workshop they shall be paid fares in excess of those incurred in travelling to and from the workshop.
