Schedule 4 - Allowances
- Academic and ELC Teaching Staff Collective Agreement 2014–2017
- The allowances contained in this Schedule will be increased in line with agreed salary increases. A UNE Official, that is an email, will be sent to all affected employees advising of these increases
- The following allowances will be paid to employees where appropriate:
- First Aid Allowance – The First Aid Allowance is an annual allowance and will be increased as per the salary increases provided by this Agreement.
- Health and Safety Representative
- Working Offshore Allowances
- This clause only covers overseas placements and short assignments (e.g. attending graduation ceremonies, teaching duties), and does not override other specific provisions for study leave, conference attendance and research/fieldwork. Ongoing costs for long term placements, which involves a change in residency status, will be negotiated with the employee.
- The University will pay and arrange for all necessary travel expenses, accommodation, workers compensation and other relevant insurances, medical examinations, visa arrangements, and any other requirements for approved offshore travel and employment.
- Employees working overseas on a short-term basis will be entitled to actual costs paid for accommodation and travel; and for meals and incidentals, up to the maximum applicable Australian Taxation Office rates, based on actual receipts/documentation provided.
Allowance | Current Rate at date of application of agreement | Application | |||
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Motor Vehicle Allowance | Any size engine 73 cents per kilometre
| Where an employee is required and has been duly authorised in advance by the University to use his/her own vehicle in connection with the University business. A motor vehicle allowance will not be paid to an employee who receives an annual motor vehicle allowance to compensate for the continuous use of such staff’s private motor vehicle in connection with University business. | |||
Travel Allowance – Meal | Breakfast-$20
Lunch-$25
Dinner-$40
per day | Where an employee will be absent from the University and this absence does not extend overnight, reimbursement of actual costs incurred will be made subject to provision of receipts. The allowances will be paid where the employee leaves before or returns later than the following times: Time of Leaving: Breakfast 7.00am. Time of Returning: Lunch 1.30pm or Dinner 6.30pm. (This information has been altered from the original format to assist with accessibility. Please see the Agreement for the original text.) | |||
Travel allowance –Accommodation | Actual costs, up to the allowable Australian Tax Office rates as adjusted by the ATO will apply, based on actual receipts/ documentation provided. | Where an employee is absent from the University on University business and the absence extends overnight but does not exceed fourteen days (14 days). | |||
First Aid Qualification | Actual cost of training/certification | Costs paid to obtain and/or maintain the qualification for an employee formally appointed as a First Aid Officer. |
Salary as at 1st pay period on or after 30 June 2012 | 3% SALARY INCREASE 1st Pay Period on or after 1 July 2013 | 3% SALARY INCREASE 1st Pay Period on or after 1 July 2014 | 3% SALARY INCREASE 1st Pay Period on or after 1 July 2015 | 3% SALARY INCREASE 1st Pay Period on or after 1 July 2016 | 3% SALARY INCREASE 1st Pay Period on or after 1 July 2017 |
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798.15 | 822.09 | 846.75 | 872.15 | 898.31 | 925.26 |
Staff elected as Health and Safety Representatives (see Definitions – Clause 7) will be paid an allowance equivalent to the First Aid allowance.