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Tiers
favoured in pay proposal
From the Federation Graham Howatt
In
our previous column the Federation advised we will be seeking an
up-front bonus payment of $750 to compensate members for the ADF’s
failure to deliver on its undertaking to review service allowance
during the period of the outgoing pay arrangement.
Now that we have placed that card on the table we thought it might
be worth reaffirming our thinking in regard to the review of service
allowance that is listed for hearing by the DFRT in April next year.
Service allowance is paid at the rate of $7108 to all ranks (trained
force) below the rank of Wing Commander.
For Wing Commander and above a hidden service allowance component
is built into the salary and adjusted whenever dedicated service
allowance increases occur. Not doing this would cause pay compression
between the Squadron Leader and higher ranks.
It is an all-in-one-company approach that is taken with service
allowance with little imagination.
It does nothing to recognise those who endure, or commit to endure,
the disabilities that attract the payment of service allowance for
accumulative periods of service, nor does it address the current
state of operational tempo or what is expected to be the tempo of
the immediate years ahead.
What follows is a draft proposal that has been developed by the
Federation since floating the idea of a tiered structure for service
allowance in the Service newspapers and our members’ journal
(Viewpoint) earlier in the year.
The proposal has been provided to our area representatives, who
have been requested to canvass members in their respective areas
before we finalise our position. It has also been made available
to staff responsible for preparing the ADF case and discussed briefly
with the CDF.
| Tier
1: completed less than 4 years –$7500 (slightly more
than a 5 per cent increase on the current rate) |
| Tier
2: completed more than 4 but less than 10 years – $8625
(+15 per cent above the adjusted Tier 1 rate) |
| Tier
3: completed more than 10 but less than 15 years –
$10,350 (+20 per cent above Tier 2) |
| Tier
4: beyond 15 years – $11,902.00 (+15 per cent above
Tier 3) |
We
understand that since our earlier discussions with the ADF on our
proposal, a tiering option (details unknown) is one of four options
put to the Service offices.
Please tell us what you think.
- To
contacted the Armed Forces Federation phone (02) 6260 5100 or
1800 806 861
or e-mail arffa@bigpond.com
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