3.5.225 Purpose
3.5.226 Payments under this Division
3.5.227 Member eligible for an
attraction bonus
3.5.228 Member eligible for a one
year bonus
3.5.229 Member
who is not eligible to enter scheme
3.5.229A Movement of
trades between categories
3.5.230 Member's options for payment
under this Division
3.5.231 Non-payment of one year bonus
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The purpose of this Determination is to encourage Army members in non-technical trades to transfer to technical trades that have critical workforce shortages. |
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This Division deals with the following two types of payment. |
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An attraction bonus paid in advance of a member's one year of service. |
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A one year bonus payment that is paid at the end of the year of service. |
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A member is to be paid an attraction bonus under this Division if they meet all of the following conditions. |
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The member is in the Australian Regular Army. |
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The member's transfer to a technical trade listed in Annex 3.5.X has been approved by Army. |
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The member has started their trade training in the new trade. |
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A member may only be paid the attraction bonus once. |
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The following amount of attraction bonus may be paid to the member, depending on the degree of shortage in the technical trade they are transferring to. |
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For a trade listed as an employment category under Category A in Annex 3.5.X — $12,500. |
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For a trade listed as an employment category under Category B in Annex 3.5.X — $8,750. |
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See: Annex 3.5.X, Army – List of technical trades for trade transfer bonus |
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A member is eligible for a one year bonus under this Division if they meet all of the following conditions. |
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The member has been paid an attraction bonus in return for being accepted for transfer to a technical trade listed in Annex 3.5.X. |
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The member has completed one year of service, either in training for the technical trade, or as a combination of training and work in that trade. |
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A member may only be paid the one year bonus once. |
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The following amount of one year bonus may be paid to the member, depending on the degree of shortage in the technical trade. |
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For a trade listed as an employment category under Category A in Annex 3.5.X — $12,500. |
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For a trade listed as an employment category under Category B in Annex 3.5.X — $8,750. |
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See: Annex 3.5.X, Army – List of technical trades for trade transfer bonus |
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A member is not eligible for a bonus under this Division if any of the following circumstances apply to them. |
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The member is currently serving a period of service for the purpose of Division 20, Army – Critical employment category retention bonus. |
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The member is currently serving a period of service for the purpose of Division 19, Army – Expansion and rank retention and completion bonus. |
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The member is currently serving a period of service for the purpose of Division 7, Army completion bonus scheme – various pay categories. |
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The member will reach compulsory retirement age before the end of the period of service they must undertake in return for a bonus they will receive under this scheme, and the member has not applied to have their retirement date extended to cover that period of service. |
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The member's fixed period of service will end before the end of the period of service they must undertake in return for a bonus they will receive under this scheme, and the member has not applied to have their fixed period of service extended to cover that period of service. |
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The
member is performing a period of service imposed by Chief of Army under the Defence
(Personnel) Regulations 2002 (a "return of service
obligation"). Note: A member performing their initial minimum period of service is not performing a return of service obligation and is eligible to enter the scheme. |
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The member is an officer. |
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The member does not become eligible for the attraction bonus before 30 June 2010. |
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The following table describes what happens if a trade is moved between categories or is no longer a critical category. |
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If the trade is in this category when the attraction payment is made... |
and the trade is moved to... |
then the member will receive the one year bonus payment at the... |
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Category B |
Category A rate. |
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Category B |
Category A |
Category A rate. |
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either Category A or Category B |
a non-critical category that is no longer included in the bonus scheme |
rate for the category they received the attraction payment for. |
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A member may choose to have their bonus payment paid into an account other than their normal pay account if they complete and return the form at Annex 3.5.Y before the bonus amount becomes payable. See: Annex 3.5.Y, Army – Payment details form for trade transfer bonus |
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A member may not be paid an attraction bonus under this Division after 30 June 2010. |
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If the member fails to complete the one year of service under this Division, for a reason not listed in subclause 3, the one year bonus is not payable to the member. Example: The member leaves the Army to work in the private sector after doing only nine months' training in return for the bonus. They have not done three months of service and so do not get the one year bonus. |
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A member may be paid the one year bonus if they fail to complete their year of service for any of the following reasons. |
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The member ceases to serve in Army for a reason that is beyond the member's control. Example: The member's service is terminated because of medical unfitness, or the member dies. Non-example: The member's service is terminated for disciplinary reasons. |
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The member transfers from the Australian Regular Army to the Reserves at Army's initiative. Authority: Chapter 8 Part 2 Division 2 or 3 of the Defence (Personnel) Regulations 2002. Example: A member reaches compulsory retirement age and leaves the Australian Regular Army after their application to extend service is refused. The member is transferred to the Reserves. The member is eligible for the one year bonus. |
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The member is made redundant or retrenched. |
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The member's selection for trade training is rescinded for Service reasons. |