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Recognising worth of WOs
Volume 50, No. 10, June 14, 2007 |
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The Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal and the ADF are working together to recognise the worth of our WO members, acknowledging that members contribute in many different ways throughout their WO careers, Director Military Salaries and Allowances Policy, Colonel Terry McCullagh said.
“For too long WO members have been paid according to their rank, with no differentiation for the type of work they do,” he said.
“With an eight-grade pay structure established last October, the next step is working out where existing WO members should be placed, and making sure that members are recognised and rewarded as they take on more responsibility,” he said.
“It is also important that members promoted from CPO are recognised and rewarded for their increased responsibilities. The ADF has developed a proposal that will make all of this happen.”
Under the ADF proposal, placement will be initially determined by how WOs were employed as CPOs. This recognises that initial WO jobs are generally trade or trade-related.
For example a CPO member in pay group 5 will migrate to pay grade 3 in the WO structure.
The ADF proposal also seeks greater remuneration for WO members working in higher tier positions.
On May 25, the Tribunal met with WO members from across the services and the nation to talk about the ADF’s proposal. Discussion was frank and fully tested the merits of the proposal.
COL McCullagh called the meeting a “huge success”.
“We were scheduled to officially submit our proposal to the Tribunal by mid-June but the Tribunal was so impressed by the members’ reaction and comments that now they want our submission ASAP. This is a great example of the Tribunal’s willingness and ability to meet ADF members’ pay needs quickly.”
As Navy News went to press, the ADF was finalising its submission, which requests that the changes take effect from August 9, in line with changes to ORs’ pay.
For all remuneration reform updates, including detail on the ADF WO proposal, go to: DEFWEB Internet: http://www.defence.gov.au/dpe/pac/ |
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