Salary bonus for service

Fourteen Navy employment categories have been added to the Military Superannuation Benefit Scheme Retention Benefit, which pays one year’s pay to eligible members who agree to serve for another five years.

To be eligible for the bonus, members must normally have attained the rank of Petty Officer or Lieutenant Commander at their anniversary of 15 years’ service.

Navy members who have not achieved the rank of Petty Officer or Lieutenant Commander by 15 years, are able to receive the bonus if they belong to a specified category.

For an employment category to be classified as specified, there must be a low probability of its members reaching the minimum requisite rank because of the career structure.

Members who are in one of the new specified categories listed, and have passed 15 years of service, must elect by December 14 to receive the bonus.

Members who have not yet completed 15 years service must elect to receive the bonus within 90 days before their anniversary of 15 year’s service.

There are now provisions to salary sacrifice all or part of the benefit, with the added option to salary sacrifice into MSBS.

Message DE 1/2005 150339ZSEP05 details administrative procedures.

For further information at the Directorate of Entitlements please email karin.stockman@defence.gov.au, or jenny.flynn@defence.gov.au

• New specified categories, Category and Rank
  
• Air Technical Aircraft, LS
  
• Band, LEUT
  
• Combat System Operator, LS
  
• Communications & Information Systems, LS
  
• Hydrographic Systems Operator, LS
  
• Medical, LS
  
• Nurse, LEUT
  
• Pilot, LEUT
  
• Seaman (includes all specialist qualifications), LEUT
  
• Steward, LS
  
• Stores Naval, LS
  
• Training System, LEUT
  
• Weapons Electrical Aircraft Engineer, LEUT
  
• Writer, LS

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