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Pay system leap
Volume 49, No. 15, August 23, 2007 |
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ALL SMILES: Substantial changes to the ADF pay structure will provide an extra $104 million a year for officers and WOFFs, and $23 million a year for other ranks.
Photo by LACW Melina Mancuso |
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Air Force will benefit from major reforms to the pay structure of officers, WOFFs and enlisted ranks, which took effect on August 9.
Defence Minister Brendan Nelson said the changes, approved by the Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal (DFRT), moved away from a “one size fits all” approach to remuneration.
“The new ADF pay structure now meets contemporary workplace standards by recognising the work value of different military employment groups and rewarding them accordingly,” Dr Nelson said.
The pay structure for officers, which had not been reviewed since 1947, now features a 10-graded pay system up to GPCAPT.
The structure will be similar to that of airmen/airwomen, which recognises skill grade advancement, but will still include incremental increases for rank and time in rank.
Under the Graded Officer Pay Structure (GOPS), specialisations are measured against work value, capability and sustainability considerations.
For Air Force, the GOPS alignment with the Air Force Personnel Strategy is an essential consideration, with the focus on re-shaping the workforce structure to meet new capability requirements to 2015 and beyond.
In announcing the GOPS outcome to Air Force, CAF AIRMSHL Geoff Shepherd said:
“The significance of this achievement is that for the first time in ADF history I can now place officers with respect to their contribution to capability, over and above simple placement in a rank structure.
This represents a major step forward in the development of a modern, flexible and responsive pay system for the ADF.”
Dr Nelson said under the pay reforms, WOFFs would be placed in a new pay structure that “recognises their unique role within the ADF”.
The DFRT approval of WOFF pay reform includes an eight-grade pay system with $4100 differentials between pay grades and a four-tier work value system. Each Service has independently decided the tier placement for their WOFF jobs based on agreed principles and Service needs.
Full implementation may take up to six months but will be backdated to August 9.
DGPERS-AF AIRCDRE John Hewitson said the Remuneration Reform Project (RRP) was “a positive initiative for all elements of the Air Force because, for the first time, we are able to remunerate all officers, WOFFs and airmen for their inherent value to the organisation.
“Furthermore, the creation of tiers within the WOFF structure and the embedding of allowances into pay for the other ranks will result in positive outcomes for a large number of the airmen/airwomen force,” he said.
For more information, visit http://intranet.defence.gov.au/pac/ or www.defence.gov.au/dep/pac/
| Big progress |
- Changes for grades 1-7 in the airmen pay structure were implemented on August 9. Changes for grades 8-16 are expected to be introduced on October 18 but will be backdated to August 9.
- The Graded Officer Pay Structure (GOPS) focuses on re-shaping the workforce structure to meet new capability requirements to 2015 and beyond.
- The GOPS features a 10-graded pay system up to GPCAPTs and will be similar to that of airmen, which recognises skill grade advancement, but will still include incremental increases for rank and time in rank.
- The WOFF pay reform includes an eight-grade pay system with $4100 differentials between pay grades and a four-tier work value system.
- The airmen pay structure has been increased from seven to 16 grades with the differential between pay groups three and four, and above, now a flat $2000 (plus WRA increases) for all rank increments.
- A new Executive WOFF structure has been developed, which will open up a broader range of development and progression opportunities for WOFFs. |
| Another pay rise |
| - The second instalment of the Workplace Remuneration Arrangement (WRA) came into effect on August 9, with a 2.8 per cent wage increase for all ranks up to AVM. |
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