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| Pay changes set
for engineers By Annie Casey Volume 50, No.4, March 22, 2007 |
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As a result of the decision, effective from February 22, Navy engineers that were on Pay Group 2 (Old Officer Common Scale) will move to Pay Group 3. This equates to a $3662 increase in annual superannuable salary. Engineers who are on a higher pay group will remain at their current pay group. The ADF engineering officer pay case was presented to the DFRT on November 29-30, 2006 with each service providing witness testimony to the hearing. The Navy’s side of the case was given by Director General of Navy Personnel and Training (DGNPT) CDRE Nigel Coates and the Chief Naval Engineer (CNE) CDRE Rick Longbottom. Navy had sought an early decision for engineers in recognition of the remuneration aspects affecting their retention. “The tribunal’s interim decision to place ADF engineers in Pay Group 3 is a starting point,” CDRE Coates stated. “Navy is committed to achieving a favourable DFRT outcome and in recognising the importance of this to our members, we have allocated extra resources to assist Navy’s case at the hearings. We have established the Navy pay case team to provide expertise and to further develop and manage our input into pay cases this year.” CDRE Coates added that the interim placement does not fully address the financial aspects of Navy engineer officer retention and therefore he is reviewing the existing Navy engineer retention allowances. In the short-term, the retention allowances for Navy WE/ME/AERO engineers will remain unchanged. The administration of moving engineering officers from pay group 2 to pay group 3 will take some weeks to implement, however will be backdated to February 22. The ADF engineering officer pay case covered 20 per cent of the ADF’s general officer population. As a result, the DFRT recognised that placement of engineers would be seen by the ADF as benchmarks for other officer pay cases when not all factors had been considered. As a result, the DFRT made an interim decision and will consider final pay placement for engineers later this year along with the broader ADF officer pay case. Further DFRT pay case hearings are expected later in the year for both officers and warrant officers. Work is also continuing on the implementation of the sailor’s new pay structure which has been approved by the DFRT and is due to be implemented in August. - Further information will be promulgated by signal and through Navy News.
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