Common use of Location Allowance Clause in Contracts

Location Allowance. (1) Subject to the provisions of this clause, in addition to the rates prescribed in the wages clause of this Agreement, an employee shall be paid $ an agreed weekly allowances when employed in the towns prescribed hereunder. Provided that where the wages are prescribed as fortnightly rates of pay, these allowances shall be shown as fortnightly allowances. TOWN PER WEEK ▇▇▇▇▇ Argyle Balladonia ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Island Boulder Broome Bullfinch Carnarvon Cockatoo Island Coolgardie Cue ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Derby Eucla Exmouth Fitzroy Crossing Goldsworthy Halls Creek Kalbarri Kalgoorlie Kambalda Karratha Koolan Island Koolyanobbing Kununurra Laverton Learmonth Leinster ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Marble Bar Meekatharra Mount Magnet Mundrabilla ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Norseman Nullagine Onslow Pannawonica Paraburdoo Port Hedland Ravensthorpe Roebourne Sandstone Shark Bay Shay Gap Southern Cross Telfer Teutonic Bore ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Whim Creek ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Wiluna Wittenoom Wyndham (2) Except as provided in subclause (3) of this clause, an employee who has: (a) a dependant shall be paid double the agreed allowance prescribed in subclause (1) of this clause; (b) a partial dependant shall be paid the agreed allowance prescribed in subclause (1) of this clause plus the difference between that rate and the amount such partial dependant is receiving by way of a district or location allowance. (3) Where an employee: (a) is provided with board and lodging by his/her employer, free of charge; or (b) is provided with an allowance in lieu of board and lodging; such employee shall be paid 662/3 per cent of the agreed allowances prescribed in subclause (1) of this clause. (4) Subject to subclause (2) of this clause, junior employees, casual employees, part time employees, apprentices receiving less than adult rate and employees employed for less than a full week 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. (5) Where an employee is on annual leave or receives payment in lieu of annual leave he/she shall be paid for the period of such leave the location allowance to which he/she would ordinarily be entitled. (6) Where an employee is on long service leave or other approved leave with pay (other than annual leave) he/she shall only be paid location allowance for the period of such leave he/she remains in the location in which he/she is employed. (7) For the purposes of this clause:

Location Allowance. (1) Subject to the provisions of this clause, in addition to the rates prescribed in the wages clause of this Agreement, an employee shall be paid $ an agreed weekly allowances when employed in the towns prescribed hereunder. Provided that where the wages are prescribed as fortnightly rates of pay, these allowances shall be shown as fortnightly allowances. TOWN PER WEEK ▇▇▇▇▇ Argyle Balladonia ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Island Boulder Broome Bullfinch Carnarvon Cockatoo Island Coolgardie Cue ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Derby Esperance Eucla Exmouth Fitzroy Crossing Goldsworthy Halls Creek Kalbarri Kalgoorlie Kambalda Karratha Koolan Island Koolyanobbing Kununurra Laverton Learmonth Leinster ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Marble Bar Meekatharra Mount Magnet Mundrabilla ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Norseman Nullagine Onslow Pannawonica Paraburdoo Port Hedland Ravensthorpe Roebourne Sandstone Shark Bay Shay Gap Southern Cross Telfer Teutonic Bore ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Whim Creek ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Wiluna Wittenoom Wyndham (2) Except as provided in subclause (3) of this clause, an employee who has: (a) a dependant shall be paid double the agreed allowance prescribed in subclause (1) of this clause; (b) a partial dependant shall be paid the agreed allowance prescribed in subclause (1) of this clause plus the difference between that rate and the amount such partial dependant is receiving by way of a district or location allowance. (3) Where an employee: (a) is provided with board and lodging by his/her employer, free of charge; or (b) is provided with an allowance in lieu of board and lodging; such employee shall be paid 662/3 per cent of the agreed allowances prescribed in subclause (1) of this clause. (4) Subject to subclause (2) of this clause, junior employees, casual employees, part time employees, apprentices receiving less than adult rate and employees employed for less than a full week 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. (5) Where an employee is on annual leave or receives payment in lieu of annual leave he/she shall be paid for the period of such leave the location allowance to which he/she would ordinarily be entitled. (6) Where an employee is on long service leave or other approved leave with pay (other than annual leave) he/she shall only be paid location allowance for the period of such leave he/she remains in the location in which he/she is employed. (7) For the purposes of this clause: (a) Dependant" shall mean - (i) a spouse or defacto partner; or (ii) a child where there is no spouse or defacto partner; who does not receive a location allowance or who, if in receipt of a salary or wage package, receives no consideration for which the location allowance is payable pursuant to the provisions of this clause.

Location Allowance. (1a) Subject to the provisions of this clause, in In addition to the rates wages prescribed in the wages clause of this Agreement, an employee Employee shall be paid $ an agreed weekly the following allowances when employed in the towns prescribed described hereunder. Provided that where the wages are prescribed as fortnightly rates of pay, these allowances shall be shown as fortnightly allowances. TOWN PER WEEK ▇Half Rate Allowance $/fortnight Full Rate Allowance $/fortnight Balgo Hills Beagle Bay Bililuna Boulder Broome Carnarvon Derby Esperance ▇▇▇▇ Argyle Balladonia ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Island Boulder Broome Bullfinch Carnarvon Cockatoo Island Coolgardie Cue River Kalgoorlie Karratha Kununurra Lake ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Derby Eucla Exmouth Fitzroy Crossing Goldsworthy / Mulan Lombadina Port Hedland Red Hill / Halls Creek Kalbarri Kalgoorlie Kambalda Karratha Koolan Island Koolyanobbing Kununurra Laverton Learmonth Leinster ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Marble Bar Meekatharra Mount Magnet Mundrabilla ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Norseman Nullagine Onslow Pannawonica Paraburdoo Port Hedland Ravensthorpe Roebourne Sandstone Shark Bay Shay Gap Ringer Soak / Yaruman Southern Cross Telfer Teutonic Bore ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Whim Turkey Creek ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Wiluna Wittenoom / Warmun Wyndham (2b) Except as provided in subclause (3d) of this clause, an employee Employee who has: (a) a dependant is supporting an immediate family member shall be paid double the agreed allowance full rate and an Employee who does not support an immediate family member the half rate prescribed in subclause (1) of this clause; (b) a partial dependant shall be paid the agreed allowance prescribed in subclause (1) Schedule 2 of this clause plus the difference between that rate and the amount such partial dependant is receiving by way of a district or location allowanceAgreement. (3c) Where both spouses are Employees in Catholic Schools in Western Australia, the total of the allowances payable to them will not exceed the full allowance rate for the locality in which they are employed. (d) Where an employeeEmployee: (ai) is provided with board and lodging by his/her employerEmployer, free of charge; or (bii) is provided with an allowance in lieu instead of board and lodginglodging by virtue of this Agreement or an Order or Agreement made pursuant to the School Education Act; such employee an Employee shall be paid 662/3 per cent of the agreed allowances prescribed in subclause (1a) of this clause. (4) Subject to subclause (2) of this clause, junior employees, casual employees, part time employees, apprentices receiving less than adult rate and employees employed for less than a full week 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. (5e) Where an employee Employee is on annual leave or receives payment in lieu instead of annual leave he/she shall be paid for the that period of such leave the location allowance to which he/she would ordinarily be entitled. (6f) Where an employee Employee is on long service leave or other approved leave with pay (other than annual leaveleave ) he/she shall only be paid the location allowance for the period of such leave he/she remains in the location in which he/she is employed. (7g) For the purposes of this clauseclause in relation to an Employee’s ‘immediate family member’ has the same meaning as in clause 16.9 of this Agreement: (i) who is not in receipt of an income exceeding the separate net income as set by the Australian Taxation Officer for the purposes of a tax offset; and (ii) resides within the same household as the Employee. (h) Each location allowance shall be matched from 1 July each year in line with the Western Australian Department of Education rates.