As a result of the State Wage Case decision of 20^th August 2008, to increase award rates of pay for adults by $26 per week from the 1^st pay period on or after 1^st October 2008, government trainees will receive a pay rise and many allowances for PSA members will increase by 3.978% from the same date.

The majority of PSA members are covered by Enterprise Agreements whose negotiated salaries are higher than the award rates. The third and final salary increase for the 2006 South Australian Government Wages Parity (Salaried) Enterprise Agreement will be 3.5% from the first pay period on or after 1^st October 2008.

Allowance increases (from 1/10/2008)

• First Aid Allowance $ 12.22 per week

• Motor Vehicle Allowance 0.71 cents per km

• Dental Assistants Radiography Allowance $620.75 per annum

• Allowance for handling badly decomposed body $ 21.68 per body

• Academic Allowance: An employee who is classified as ASO1 and who, prior to 1 June 1991, was in receipt of an Academic Allowance, will continue to be paid that allowance at the rate of $499.09 per annum

Fisheries Officers Allowances
An officer, whilst at sea, will be paid the following allowance, for each completed 24 hour period or part thereof where such part is 7.5 hours or more.

• Commercial vessel in excess of 12 metres in length OPS3  $150.77
                                                                                     OPS4  $169.48
                                                                                     OPS5  $183.00

•     Other Vessels:                                                        OPS3 $ 94.62
                                                                                      OPS4 $ 97.74
                                                                                      OPS5 $ 99.82

• Coxswains Certificate Allowance $273.46 per annum

• Master Class V Certificate of Competency shall be paid an allowance of $462.70 per annum
  
  Diving Allowance:

• Employees who are required to dive in the normal course of their duties, should be paid the following allowances:

• An employee who is an experienced diver in addition to his/her ordinary rate, be paid an allowance of $ 30.52 per week

• Where an employee on any day performs work as a Supervising diver $ 22.30

• If an experienced diver (in addition to the allowance of $30.52) be paid $ 41.38 per day

• If a trainee $ 32.96 per day

• Diver's attendant $ 16.27 per day

Linguistics Allowance

• which is paid in accordance with the Part-time Interpreters and Translators (Public Service) (SA) Award $681.06 per annum

On-call allowance

• is paid as per Clause 10 of the South Australian Government Wages Parity (Salaried) Enterprise Agreement 2006 and will also increase from 1 October 2008.

• An employee who is rostered to be on-call of a night time, will be paid an allowance of $ 13.90 per night

• An employee who is rostered to be on-call during a full Saturday, Sunday or public holiday or any day that the employee would normally be rostered off duty, will be paid an allowance of $ 27.60 per day

CPI Increased Allowances

Other allowances, which include allowances for meals, incidentals and tea money, are to be increased from the first pay period on or after 23 December 2008. The allowances will be increased by the movement in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) up to the September Quarter 2008.

Trainee Wage Rates
From 1^st pay period on or after 1^st October 2008:
Wage Level A

Where the Accredited Training course and work performed are for the purpose of generating skills, which have been defined for work at Wage Level A.

                                                Highest year of schooling completed
                                                   Year 10         Year 11         Year 12
                                                        $                       $                $

School Leaver                         193.00(50%)    241.00(33%)
                                                225.00(33%)     271.00(25%)
                                                247.00               271.00         325.00
Plus 1 year out of school       271.00               325.00         377.00
Plus 2 years out of school     325.00               377.00         439.00
Plus 3 years out of school     377.00               439.00         503.00
Plus 4 years out of school     439.00               503.00
Plus 5 or more years               503.00

Awards

The following Awards applicable to PSA members, will have their Safety Net Salaries increased and where applicable, the Trainee Wages and Allowances from the first pay period on or after 1^st October 2008.

Name of Award

SA Public Sector Salaried Employees Interim Award
Aboriginal Education Workers (DETE) Award
Chauffeurs (Ministerial) Public Service Award
Early Childhood Workers Award
Intellectual Disability Services Award
Medical Scientists (Australian Red Cross Blood Service, South Australia) Award
Medical Scientists (South Australian Public Sector) Award
Minda Incorporated Salaried Staff Award
Natural Resources Management Boards Award
Novita Children's Services Award
Part-Time Interpreters or Translators (Public Service) (SA) Award
Personal Assistants to Members of the Parliament of South Australia 1989
Public Service (Recreation Leave Loading) Award
Renmark Irrigation Trust Award
School Services Officers (Government Schools) Award
South Australian to Totalizator Agency Board Award
South Australian Water Corporation Terms and Conditions of Employment Award 1999

For enquiries contact PSA Senior Industrial Officer Ian Peak, ian@cpsu.asn.au or on 8205 3294

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