Common use of Availability Allowance Clause in Contracts

Availability Allowance. 52.1 Subject to clause 52.2, any employee who is: (a) rostered for call out to work outside of the span of hours; or (b) not rostered for call out, but agrees upon request to be available for call out due to PWC’s particular operational requirements on a given day, will receive a daily allowance equivalent to 25.5% of the Band 2.3 weekly salary rate calculated at a daily rate (over seven days) as outlined in Schedule 2. 52.2 An employee who is required to be available for call out on a public holiday is entitled to one days recreation leave credit, or in the case of an employee with an accrued recreation leave credit equal to or exceeding two years worth of recreation leave entitlements, one additional days ordinary pay. 52.3 Clauses 52.1 and 52.2 do not apply to employees in receipt of the call out component of the Extra Duty Allowance, or on an annualised salary arrangement.