Distant Worker definition

Distant Worker means an Employee who has provided satisfactory evidence that, due to engagement on the site they are unable to reasonably return home each night.

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Distant Worker means an employee who has provided satisfactory evidence that due to engagement on the construction site he/she is unable to reasonably return home each night.

Distant Worker means an employee who has provided satisfactory evidence that, due to engagement on the site they are unable to reasonably return home each right or as otherwise defined in the respective parent Award.

Examples of Distant Worker in a sentence

• Where the Company elects to provide a Distant Worker with board and lodging and the Distant Worker is not provided with a single occupancy room with an ensuite, the Distant Worker shall be paid an additional flat allowance of $26.00 for each day they are at work on the Project.

• For the purposes of this provision the Company may deduct any amount to be refunded from any moneys otherwise due to the Distant Worker under their contract of employment.

• The Company shall have the choice of providing each Distant Worker with either suitable board and lodging or paying the Living Away from Home Allowance set out in this Appendix.

• The Company shall pay all reasonable expenses including fares, and meals if necessary, incurred by a Distant Worker who mobilises to construction work at the Project site in the Karratha Region.

• The Company shall pay all reasonable expenses including fares, and meals if necessary, incurred by a Distant Worker who proceeds to construction work at the Burrup Peninsula.

• Where a Distant Worker (other than a casual) who qualifies for payment of Living Away from Home Allowance has been terminated by the Company the Distant Worker shall be entitled to receive a payment equivalent to the accommodation rental charges only incurred by the Distant Worker, up to the value of one (1) weeks Living Away from Home Allowance, subject to the Distant Worker producing proof satisfactory to the Company of costs of accommodation rental charges incurred during the week following termination.

• A Distant Worker who is not provided with board and lodging by the Company will be paid a Living Away from Home Allowance in accordance with the table below.

• Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement each Distant Worker may choose to accrue an R&R leave entitlement after completing either two-hundred and forty (240) or three hundred (300) Project Working Hours.

• Local Worker An Employee who is neither a Distant Worker as defined nor an International Distant Worker as defined under this Agreement.

• International Distant Worker A “Distant Worker” as defined, and who in addition has been specifically recruited by the company as an International Distant Worker and whose Usual Place of Residence is outside of Australia.

More Definitions of Distant Worker

Distant Worker means an Employee who is engaged, selected or advised by the Company to proceed to the work site to perform duties under their contract of employment and the Employee does so such that the Employee cannot return to their Usual Place of Residence.

Distant Worker means an Employee who has provided satisfactory evidence that, due to engagement on the site they are unable to reasonably return home each day after finishing work each day.

Distant Worker means an Employee appointed in writing as such by the Company when the Employee works at such a distance from the Employee's usual place of residence or any separately maintained residence that the Employee cannot reasonably return to that place each night, provided that:

Distant Worker means an Employee that is advised by Decmil and the Employee complies with Decmil’s direction to proceed from their usual place of residence to work on site and that work is at such a distance that the Employee cannot return to the Employee’s usual place of residence each night;

Distant Worker means an employee that is advised by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ to proceed from their Point of Hire to work on site and does so, and that works is at such a distance that they cannot return to their usual place of resident each night.