Sailors
will receive a boost to their pay on December 5 when the first
pay rise under the new ADF Workplace
Remuneration Arrangement (WRA) lands in bank accounts.
The three per cent pay rise will be backdated to November 7, when
the WRA came into effect.
The increase applies to the salaries of ADF members of CAPT equivalent
and below and to the salary-related allowances of all ADF members.
A second pay rise of three per cent under the WRA will be implemented
from July 3 next year.
Martin Kennedy, Assistant Director Industrial Policy with the
Directorate of Salary and Allowances, said the WRA will finish
on May 6, 2004.
“The last arrangement was for three years, where this one
is about 18 months,” he said. “This shorter period allows
us to review things more quickly if general strategic circumstances
or the wider economic environment change in that time.”
The Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal (DFRT) is able to rule
on a range of salary-related allowance and pay category reviews
in between arrangements.
Mr Kennedy said early development work on the WRA began last year
and direct consultation took place from the end of August.
“During this period we sought the reaction of ADF members
and comments about the nature or thrust of the arrangement.”
Consultation during the next WRA will be extended, following feedback
from ADF members during the drafting of this arrangement.
More information is available from the directorate Internet site
at www.defence.gov.au/dpe/dsa.
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