Interpretation Allowance. Shift Incentive Rate Band A – D (Non-shift) ($0.63) ($0.66) 1 October 2018 ($0.71) ($0.73) Band A – B (Shift) ($0.63) ($0.66) 1 October 2018 ($0.71) ($0.73) Band C – D (Shift) ($1.24) ($1.30) 1 October 2018 ($1.40) ($1.45) Band E – F Communicator ($2.20) ($2.31) 1 October 2018 ($2.50) ($2.58) Band G and H Dispatcher ($2.52) ($2.65) 1 October 2018 ($2.87) ($2.95) Band I & J ($3.78) ($3.97) 1 October 2018 ($4.29) ($4.42) This allowance is payable to full time employees who occasionally perform casual interpreting duties during normal hours of work and where their salary is below ($40,085) ($41,287) ($42,526) pa. The allowance shall be paid at an hourly rate of ($33.27) ($34.27) ($35.30) calculated to the nearest half hour. It is not payable to positions where: • it can be shown that interpreting is a normal expectation of the job, or • where competence in a relevant language is taken into account in the appointment of employees to positions or in the grading of positions. The effect of the allowance is to raise salaries for the period employees are engaged on such duties to the above rate. The periods employees are engaged shall be calculated over the fortnightly pay period by adding up the time so engaged to the nearest five minutes.
Interpretation Allowance. This allowance will be payable to full-time employees who occasionally perform casual interpreting duties as part of their Inland Revenue duties during normal hours of work and where their salary is below $28,691 per annum. The allowance is not payable where it can be shown that interpreting is a normal expectation of the job, or where competence in a relevant language is taken into account in the appointment of employees to positions, in the grading of positions or setting of midpoints. The effect of this allowance is to raise salaries for the period during which employees are engaged on such duties to $28,691 per annum. The periods during which employees are so engaged will be calculated over the fortnightly pay period by adding up the time so engaged to the nearest five minutes.
Interpretation Allowance. Standby Rates Per day 0800 - 1700 ($33.97) ($35.67 March 2019) ($38.57) ($39.73) Per night 1700 - 0800 ($56.64) ($59.47 March 2019) ($64.32) ($66.25) An employee called back to duty to interpret or translate from one language to another shall be paid an interpretation allowance at an hourly rate of $33.27 ($34.27) ($35.30) to the nearest half hour with a two hour minimum, and six hour maximum, payment for a period of duty. This allowance is not payable for rostered hours or during extended duty. An employee in receipt of this allowance may not accrue TOIL for this period.
