Australian National University Enterprise Agreement 2003-2006

Part Three — Employment Conditions | Section 5 — Other Conditions

45. Special conditions for staff of NARU, Warramunga Seismic Array and Siding Spring Observatory

45.1 District allowance

45.1.1 Subject to sub-clause 5.3, a standard or fixed term staff member who is required to work at one of the facilities specified in the following table and reside in the vicinity of the facility is entitled to a district allowance in accordance with the following table:

45.1.2 For the purpose of this clause, 'eligible dependant' means a dependant or partner who resides with the staff member and whose income is less than the Federal Minimum Wage, as determined by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.

45.1.3 The district allowance will be indexed in accordance with paragraph 24.2(b).

45.2 Leave fares assistance

45.2.1 Subject to sub-clauses 5.3 and 45.2.2, a standard or fixed term staff member who is required to work at:

45.2.1(a) the Northern Australia Research Unit, Darwin; or

45.2.1(b) the Warramunga Seismic Array Unit, Tennant Creek; and

reside in the vicinity of the facility is eligible for leave airfares assistance.

45.2.2 A staff member appointed after 13 October 2000 will not be entitled to the leave airfares assistance specified in sub-clauses 45.2.3 and 45.2.4 if he or she was resident in the Northern Territory prior to appointment, provided that a staff member so appointed to work at the Warramunga Seismic Array Unit will be entitled to an amount equal to a return economy class airfare from the facility to Darwin for himself or herself and each eligible dependant (as defined in sub-clause 45.1.2).

45.2.3 Upon completion of 12 months' service and subject to satisfactory evidence of travel, an eligible staff member will be paid an amount equal to a return economy class airfare from the facility to Adelaide for himself or herself and each eligible dependant (as defined in sub-clause 45.1.2).

45.2.4 Where an eligible staff member declares that he or she will visit the ANU campus for work-related purposes during his or her leave, the staff member may be paid an amount equal to a return economy class airfare from the facility to Canberra for himself or herself and each eligible dependant (as defined in sub-clause 45.1.2) in lieu of the provision in sub-clause 45.2.3.

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