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MEAL ALLOWANCES, INCIDENTAL ALLOWANCES & ACCOMMODATION REIMBURSEMENT RATES
ANNUAL INCREASES FROM 22nd DECEMBER 2009 TRAVEL ALLOWANCES The following allowances have been increased by 1.4% in accordance with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the 4 quarters to September 2009 for South Australia. The new rates are payable from the first pay period on or after the 23rd December 2009. The old rates are shown in brackets Allowances are amounts paid to cover anticipated costs or as a compensation for conditions for employment. They are not a reimbursement as they are not exact compensation for the expenses incurred. (1) Allowances for meals and incidentals: N.B. Tax invoices or receipts are not required Meal Allowance (a) Travel within South Australia (i) Where absent overnight: Breakfast $15.85 (15.65) Lunch $15.85 (15.65) Dinner $32.65 (32.20) Incidentals $6.60 (6.50) (ii) Where not absent from headquarters overnight: Breakfast $13.75 (13.55) Dinner $19.60 (19.35) (b) Interstate Travel The allowances for Travel Interstate have been increased by 1.3%. (i) For capital cities and Alice Springs – meals and incidentals: Breakfast $20.70 (20.40) Lunch $20.70 (20.40) Dinner $37.85 (37.35) Incidentals $10.90 (10.75) (ii) Interstate – Other than capital cities and Alice Springs: Breakfast $15.65 (15.45) Lunch $15.65 (15.45) Dinner $32.20 (31.75) Incidentals $10.90 (10.75) “TEA” MONEY – MEAL ALLOWANCE 1. Any employee, who by direction of the employer, commences duty two hours or more before, and/or ceases duty two hours or more after the employee's normal time of commencement or cessation of duty, where such additional duty necessitates taking a meal away from the employee's place of residence, is to be paid an allowance for the meal at the rate of $15.05 ($14.85) for an evening meal, and at the rate of $10.50 ($10.35) for any other meal. 2. Any employee, who by direction of the employer, is required to perform duty extending beyond a meal break on a Saturday, Sunday or Public Holiday on which the employee would not normally be required, and who is not entitled to payment for that meal break, is to be paid an allowance for each meal necessarily taken away from the employee's place of residence at the rate of $15.05 ($14.85) for an evening meal and at the rate of $10.50 ($10.35) for any other meal. However, the employee is not to be paid meal allowance for Saturday, Sunday or Public Holiday work that is a normal feature of the employee's employment. 3. The Meal allowance will not apply where an agency supplies a meal (without charge) to an employee. Where an agency supplies a meal for which a charge is made the meal allowance payable to the employees must not exceed the amount charged by the agency for that meal. 4. Meal allowances are to be paid in addition to any payment for overtime. INCIDENTAL ALLOWANCES – RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS 1. An incidentals expense allowance of $23.40 ($23.10) per (course) day will be paid to employees attending Residential Programmes of more than two weeks' duration. 2. Employees attending Residential Programmes conducted over a period of two weeks or less will be paid an incidentals expense allowance of $11.00 ($10.85) per (course) day. 3. Incidental expenditure in excess of these daily rates may be assessed and approved by Chief Executive Officers, providing the expenses have been actually and necessarily incurred and adequate justification is provided. FISHERIES OFFICERS – VICTUALLING ALLOWANCE For each duty period for which an “at sea” allowance is payable, an officer who is required to provide his own meals will be entitled to a victualing allowance of $28.50 ($28.10) and where the employee is required to provide blankets, to a further allowance of $3.55 ($3.50). ACCOMMODATION OR MEALS PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT 1. If employees are accommodated in quarters, cubicles, or other Government owned premises, the reimbursement of expenses will be the amount (if any) charged to the employees for such facilities. 2. Employees who are accommodated in such facilities will, in addition to any reimbursement of actual charges under 1, be paid the following allowances where appropriate: i. Where employees are required to provide their own food, an allowance of $28.50 ($28.10) per day; ii. Where employees are required to use their own bedding, tea towels and eating utensils, an allowance of $3.55 ($3.50) per day; iii. Where employees are required to use any other items not included in ii, an allowance of $5.15 ($5.10) per day. N.B. The above amounts are allowances, they are not reimbursements, receipts therefore are not required, and as the allowance is to pay “anticipated costs” they should, where possible, be paid in advance. ACCOMMODATION REIMBURSEMENT The amounts below are “indicative averages”. They are calculated by Public Sector Workforce Relations (Department of the Premier and Cabinet) by conducting a survey of hotels and motels of the rate charged to government employees and then averaging these figures. Tariffs are therefore at times above these amounts and reimbursement is to be made for the actual cost, and accommodation can be booked for above these averages. The PSA had discussions with government about PSA's concerns that inexperienced administrators may not be aware that accommodation paid or reimbursed can be above these amounts. It has now been agreed that the following words will be inserted in the Award “Subject to Commissioners Standards 3.2 reimbursements for accommodation above the rates detailed below may be approved prior to the travel being undertaken”. Tax invoices and receipts are required for these reimbursements;
N.B. “Metropolitan Adelaide” is defined in the Development Plan established under the Planning Act, 1982. (iii) Interstate Travel (c) For capital cities and Alice Springs – Accommodation: Alice Springs – up to $128.00 ($124.00) per night Brisbane – up to $162.00 ($151.00) per night Canberra – up to $142.00 ($132.00) per night Darwin – up to $128.00 ($124.00) per night Hobart – up to $128.00 ($128.00) per night (No Change) Melbourne – up to $155.00 ($155.00) per night (No Change) Perth – up to $149.00 ($149.00) per night (No Change) Sydney – up to $157.00 ($157.00) per night (No Change) (d) Other – up to $110.00 ($97.00) OPERATIVE DATES These increases come into effect from the 1st pay period on or after the 23rd December 2009. The increases were published in Commissioners Standards 3.2 in December 2009. The applications to increase rates in the following Awards were approved by the Industrial Relations Commission today (23 December 2009).
Once the minutes of the Awards are settled in January 2010, formal advice will be issued to pay centres by Public Sector Workforce Relations of the Department of Premier and Cabinet. For enquiries, please contact Acting Assistant Chief Industrial Officer Ian D Peak on (08) 8205 3294 or email ian@cpsu.asn.au
23 December 2009 |
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