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Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2014/12 - Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Full-Time Public Office (Australia)
Remuneration Tribunal Determination 2014/12 - Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Full-Time Public Office
Link to law: https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2014L00562
Determination 2014/12
PART 2 – REMUNERATION AND RELATED MATTERS. 3
PART 3 – ALLOWANCES. 11
PART 4 – OFFICIAL TRAVEL 13
PART 5 – RECREATION LEAVE. 14
PART 6 – COMPENSATION FOR EARLY LOSS OF OFFICE. 14
1.3 Effect on Earlier Determinations: This Determination supersedes and revokes in full Determination 2013/10 (as amended) – Remuneration and Allowances for Holders of Full-Time Public Office.
‘Base Salary’ means the applicable amount specified in Clause 2.1 of this Determination.
‘Benefits’ means all non-monetary benefits provided at the employer’s expense to or on behalf of an Office Holder as a personal benefit, including a vehicle (where provided – refer clause 2.6), the value attributed by the Remuneration Tribunal to the Employer Superannuation Contribution (refer clause 2.5) and any other benefits received by way of remuneration packaging (refer clause 2.4)
‘Employer’s Superannuation Contribution’ in respect of an Office Holder means payments made by the Commonwealth in respect of the Office Holder to:
‘Total Remuneration’ is the amount shown in clause 2.1 of this Determination. Total Remuneration represents the value, calculated at the total cost to the employer (including Fringe Benefits Tax), of:
2.1 Total Remuneration: Office Holders are eligible for the annual amounts of Base Salary and Total Remuneration as set out in Columns 2 and 3 of Table 2A below, with effect from 1 July 2014, unless otherwise specified (refer Column 4).
$573,440
Vice President, Fair Work Commission
Deputy President, Fair Work Commission
Chief Executive Officer, Independent Hospital Pricing Authority
Integrity Commissioner, Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity
Chief Executive, Australian Financial Security Authority
Chief Commissioner, Australian Transport Safety Bureau
Chief Executive Officer, National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency (DisabilityCare Australia)
Chief Commissioner & Chief Executive Officer, Australian Skills Quality Agency
CEO, Health Workforce Australia
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Fisheries Management Authority
General Manager, Fair Work Commission
Commissioner, Fair Work Commission
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
Deputy Chair, Productivity Commission
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA)
Chief Executive Officer, Aboriginal Hostels Limited (AHL)
Commissioner, Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission
Deputy Principal Member, SSAT
Chief Executive Officer, Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency
Chief Executive Officer, National Health Funding Body
2.2 Alternative/Additional Remuneration Provisions: Where Column 4 of Table 2A contains a reference to this clause in respect of an Office, the provisions of this clause modify Columns 2 and/or 3 of Table 2A. Unless otherwise specified, the rates in this clause will apply from 1 July 2014.
2.2.1 Parliamentary Budget Officer: The Parliamentary Budget Officer will receive $429,120 Total Remuneration and $300,390 Base Salary for the first term of his or her office.
2.2.2 Administrator, Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands: Mr Jon Stanhope will receive $254,880 Total Remuneration and $186,060 Base Salary while he occupies the office shown in Column 1 of Table 2A.
2.2.3 National Capital Authority, Chief Executive: Mr Malcolm Snow will receive $332,200 Total Remuneration and $242,510 Base Salary for the initial term of his appointment.
2.2.4 Clean Energy Regulator, Chair/CEO: Ms Chloe Munro will receive $559,900 Total Remuneration and $391,930 Base Salary until 31 December 2014, while she occupies the office shown in Column 1 of Table 2A.
2.2.5 Murray-Darling Basin Authority: The Chief Executive, Dr Rhondda Dickson will receive $311,329 Base Salary while she occupies the office shown in Column 1 of Table 2A.
2.2.6 Fair Work Commission: Where an appointee as Deputy President or Commissioner of Fair Work Commission is a Judge, the comparative salary for the purposes of s.637(6) of the Fair Work Act 2009 is the amount in Column 2. Where a holder of the office of Vice President appointed under section 626 of the Fair Work Act 2009 has residual entitlements under the Fair Work Legislation Amendment Regulation 2012 (No.1), the salary applicable to that office holder is $433,180.
2.2.7 Norfolk Island, Administrator: Mr Neil Pope will receive Total Remuneration of $161,200 with $117,680 Base Salary while he occupies the office shown in Column 1 of Table 2A.
2.2.8 Gene Technology Regulator: Dr Joe Smith will receive $308,710 Total Remuneration with $234,620 Base Salary while he occupies the office shown in Column 1 of Table 2A.
2.2.9 APRA, Chair: Dr John Laker will receive $655,360 Base Salary while he occupies the office shown in Column 1 of Table 2A.
2.2.10 Health Workforce Australia, CEO: Mr Mark Cormack will receive $407,150 Total Remuneration until 26 January 2015, while he occupies the office shown in Column 1 of Table 2A.
2.2.11 Tuition Protection Service, Director: Mr Vipan Mahajan will receive $252,748 Total Remuneration and $187,040 Base Salary while he occupies the office shown in Column 1 of Table 2A.
2.2.12 National Archives of Australia, Director General: Mr David Fricker will receive $277,500 Base Salary while he occupies the office shown in Column 1 of Table 2A.
2.2.13 Productivity Commission, Deputy Chair: Mr Michael Woods will receive $268,060 Base Salary while he occupies the office shown in Column 1 of Table 2A.
2.2.14 Productivity Commission, Commissioner: Ms Patricia Scott will receive $532,440 Total Remuneration and $425,960 Base Salary, and Tier 1 travel entitlements while she occupies the office shown in Column 1 of Table 2A.
2.2.15 Classification Board: On any occasion when the Deputy Director acts as Director, he or she will be entitled to the remuneration and other conditions determined for the Director.
2.2.16 Temporary Classifier: Where a person is appointed to the Classification Board as a Temporary Classifier, a daily fee of $530 is payable, in lieu of other provisions in this Part. The provisions of Part 3 (Allowances), Part 5 (Recreation leave) and Part 6 (Compensation for early loss of office) do not apply. The conditions for payment of the daily fee shall be as set out in the Tribunal’s determination in relation to Holders of Part-Time Office, 2014/08 Schedule B.
2.2.17 Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate, Director: Mr Nigel Hadgkiss will receive $409,600 Total Remuneration with $286,720 Base Salary on and from 1 July 2014.
2.2.18 Solicitor-General: While Mr Justin Gleeson SC does not establish his principal place of residence in Canberra he will be paid an annualised amount of $34,500 per year instead of the daily amounts of travel allowance set out in Clauses 3.5 – 3.9 of Determination 2013/16 – Official Travel by Office Holders, (or any determination that supersedes 2013/16) that would otherwise be payable for travel to Canberra.
(b) the amount of the Officer Holder’s recognised allowances for the purpose of the scheme is zero; and
2.5.3 For an Office Holder who is a member of the Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan, the Office Holder’s superannuation salary for the purposes of the scheme is the Office Holder’s ordinary time earnings (OTE).
2.5.6 For an Office Holder who is a member of any other superannuation fund, the Employer’s Superannuation Contribution is to be made at the rate elected by the Office Holder, which must not be less than a rate that would, under section 23 of the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992, reduce the charge percentage in relation to that Office Holder to zero.
2.6 Vehicles: Where an Office Holder accepts an offer of an agency owned or leased vehicle for private use, the Office Holder’s Total Remuneration will be reduced by the actual cost of the vehicle to the agency and fringe benefits taxation, less a reasonable amount (if any) reflecting business usage patterns. Where an Office Holder has access to an agency owned or leased vehicle for private use, the Office Holder will be considered to have accepted an offer of a vehicle for the purposes of this provision. Any business usage amount is to be assessed on log book records for at least a 12 week representative period. Where the annual business kilometres are less than 5,000 it will be based on the ‘cents per kilometre’ method. Where business kilometres are 5,000 kilometres or more, the percentage of business use to total kilometres travelled per annum will be applied to the total cost of the vehicle.
2.6.1 Vehicle parking: Where an Office Holder accepts an offer of a car park at Commonwealth expense, the actual cost (including fringe benefits tax) of the car park to the Agency will be a Benefit for Total Remuneration purposes.
Mr Paul O’Connor
Mr Robert Fitzgerald
3.2.1 Who can use reunion travel? The allowance provided in clause 3.2 and specified in Table 3B is intended to facilitate personal travel by the office holders identified in that Table. However, where the office holder certifies that the workload and responsibilities of the office prevents him or her from travelling to the principal place of residence for reunion purposes, reunion travel by the office holder’s partner and/or a child or children of the office holder or his or her partner, whose normal place of residence is the office holder’s principal place of residence, can be funded within the financial limits of the allowance. Travel by a person other than the office holder must be at economy class, and only for direct travel between the office holder’s principal place of residence and office location.
4.1 The provisions of Determination 2013/16 (as amended) – Official Travel by Office Holders – (or any Determination that supersedes 2013/16), apply to offices covered by this Determination, subject to any exclusions or limitations in this Determination. In establishing entitlements, the Travel Tier identified in this Determination for an office will apply under Determination 2013/16 (or any Determination that supersedes 2013/16).
4.1.2 Administrator, Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands: The Administrator, and any immediate family members normally resident with him/her on Christmas Island shall be entitled to two return economy class fares per annum each between their home and work base.
4.1.4 Commonwealth Financial Officer for Norfolk Island: For the period of her appointment, Ms Alison Savary and any immediate family members normally resident with her on Norfolk Island shall be entitled to one return economy class fare each between Norfolk Island and Canberra.
5.1.1 Commonwealth Financial Officer for Norfolk Island: For the period of her appointment, Ms Alison Savary is entitled to three days recreation leave per annum, additional to any entitlements in Clause 5.1.
5.1.2 Administrator, Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands: The Administrator is entitled to seven days recreation leave per annum additional to any entitlement in Clause 5.1.
5.1.3 Administrator, Norfolk Island: For the period of his appointment, Mr Neil Pope is entitled to three days recreation leave per annum, additional to any entitlement in Clause 5.1.
Signed this 14th day of May 2014.