APS Pay and Conditions
APS Employees
Employed within an ADF Operational Specified Area

 

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Defence Australian Public Service employees employed overseas in support of an ADF operation or employed within an ADF operational specified area at the direction of Defence are entitled to:

 

·    Operational Support Allowance for each day in the specified area. Operational Support Allowance[1] is the sum of:

 

-    The hardship rate as follows:

Op Slipper (Afghanistan and Iraq) – $65.05 per day inside Afghanistan and $34.37 per day elsewhere inside the MEAO;

Op Astute (Timor-Leste) - $65.05 per day;

Op Anode (Solomon Islands) - $51.55 per day;

Op Azure (Sudan) - $65.05 per day inside Darfur region and $51.55 per day elsewhere inside Sudan;

Op Mazurka (Sinai Peninsular) - $51.55 per day; and

Op Paladin (Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and Syria) - $51.55 per day.

 

-    The Arduous Duty rate ($100.65 per day for weekdays and $204.97 per day for weekends and public holidays).

The employee’s arduous duty rate for a day is reduced by the amount they are entitled to for that day for any of the following:

Overtime,

Shift penalty payments,

Restriction allowance, and

Special entitlements for duty at sea.

 

·    Due to recent changes in the Tax Act, employees are encouraged to seek independent financial advice in relation to their taxation liability during their overseas employment.

 

·    Additional annual leave at the rate of:

-    10 days per year, on a pro rata basis, for duty in the specified area, and

-    for every ten days that the employee is entitled to Operational Support Allowance, one additional day of leave, to a maximum of 10 days a year.

 

·    Coverage under the provisions of the Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 for death, injury and disease.

 

·    Where an employee may be expected to perform duty in the specified area for six months or more, a Relief Out of Country Travel Fare Assistance entitlement exists. The number of time an employee may be granted this provision is described below:

 

Duration inside the specified area

Number of trips

Less than six months

0

Six months but less than nine months

1

Nine months but less than 12 months

2

12 months but less than 15 months

3

15 months but less than 18 months

4

18 months or more

5

 

Employees, prior to their departure, are to be issued with a DepSec Directive detailing the role of the appointment and their line of responsibility. Civilians are not “force assigned” to an operation but are rather employed performing a duty in an overseas operational area.

 

The ADF participation in, and subsequent conditions of service for, warlike and non-warlike deployments performed in an overseas operational area are intentionally different to those for Defence civilians reflecting the nature of their deployment, their roles as combatants, and their fundamental conditions of service.

[1] OSA is adjusted in line with DECA pay increases.

 

Last updated: 16 July 2010