Wharf Allowance. Wharf Allowance recognises the ongoing aspect of the climatic and other environmental conditions, rather than infrequent attendance in an external environment. To be eligible for this allowance, being permanently based means the employee’s usual place of work for a minimum period of a fortnight. Cessation of payment would also align with the last full period of attendance (i.e. fortnight rather than part thereof). The activities to which the allowance will apply will be sea container risk management policy; Giant African Snail inspections; on wharf breakbulk surveillance; timber/machinery inspections undertaken outside. Other than the above activities, employees are excluded if performing activities at depots within a port environment. The Secretary will approve a payment of an annual allowance, to eligible employees, of $1000 per annum. The allowance will be paid on a pro rata basis each fortnight. Employees who are required to work and live in remote localities are eligible for certain provisions which recognise the additional costs, inconvenience and physical and social isolation of working and living at remote localities. On commencement of this Agreement, employees stationed in the department’s Remote Localities will continue to be eligible to be paid a District Allowance and associated benefits as detailed in Table 5. Where, during the life of this Agreement, the department employs staff in a locality other than those detailed in Tables 5 and Table 6 and where the new locality is defined as a remote locality in the Australian Public Service Award 1998 or its successor, those employees will be entitled to remote locality conditions detailed in this Agreement based on the Award provision. For the purposes of Remote Locality Conditions described in Clause 70 and Gladstone Allowance described in Clause 70.3(f), eligible dependent means: the employee’s partner; or parent of the employee or the employee’s partner, who ordinarily lives with the employee and who is totally or substantially dependent on the employee and whose income (if any) is less than $29,588 per year. Employees whose partners are also eligible for payment of a District Allowance or Gladstone Allowance will be considered to be employees without dependents; or child under the age of 21 of the employee or the employee’s partner who ordinarily lives with the employee and who is totally or substantially dependent on the employee and whose income (if any) is less than $29,588 per year. Employee...
Wharf Allowance recognises the ongoing aspect of the climatic and other environmental conditions, rather than infrequent attendance in an external environment. To be eligible for this allowance, being permanently based means the employee’s usual place of work for a minimum period of a fortnight. Cessation of payment would also align with the last full period of attendance (i.e. fortnight rather than part thereof). The activities to which the allowance will apply will be
(a) sea container risk management policy;
(b) Giant African Snail inspections;
(c) on wharf breakbulk surveillance;
(d) timber/machinery inspections undertaken outside.
