Common use of Location Allowance Clause in Contracts

Location Allowance. A location allowance of $6.15 per week should be applied to all employees who are supplied with employer provided accommodation or paid a living away from home allowance as provided for in clause 3.15 of this agreement for each week they are employed on the project. All other employees bound by this agreement shall receive a location allowance of $9.20 per week. An employee who provides the Company with written proof that the employee has a dependant spouse living in the location of Ravensthorpe (as detailed in the Metal Trades General Award 1966) who is not in receipt of a location allowance shall receive double the applicable amount stated above. The location allowance specified in as above shall be varied by, and such variation shall operate in accordance with, the location allowance general order issued by the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission. Casual employees and apprentices receiving less than the adult wage rate shall receive that proportion of the location allowance as equates with the proportion that their wage for ordinary hours that week is to the adult rate for the work performed.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Union Collective Agreement, Union Collective Agreement, Union Collective Agreement