The vehicle and travel allowances paid to an employee depend on:

• where they start and finish work
• if they’re offered transport by the employer
• if they make their own way to work.

Start and finish at registered office or depot

Employees who start and finish work at their employer’s registered office or depot don’t get paid the motor vehicle allowance, travel time allowance or the start and/or finish on job allowances.

Motor allowance

Employees asked to use their own vehicle for work are paid a motor allowance of $0.91 per kilometre. An example of this is travelling between work sites.

Starting and/or finishing work at a job site

Motor vehicle allowance

Employees who agree with their employer to use their own vehicle are paid a motor vehicle allowance of $0.91 per kilometre for the distance they travel:

• between their employer’s depot and job sites
• to or from distant work
• when they’re called back to the job to work overtime
• that is more than the distance they usually travel from their home to their employer’s workshop or depot when the job site is more than 50 kilometres from their employer’s registered office or depot.

Travel time allowance

Employees are paid a travel time allowance of $6.77 each day they present themselves for work. The allowance is also paid on rostered days off. Apprentices are paid their apprentice percentage of this allowance.

Start and/or finish on the job allowances

Employees are paid the start and/or finish on the job allowances depending on how far the job site is away from the employer’s registered office or depot.

Less than 50 kilometres from the registered office or depot

When employees start and/or finish work on the job site, they’re paid:

• $22.02 per day when the employer doesn’t offer transport free of charge, or
• $3.95 per day if employer offers transport free of charge.

More than 50 kilometres from the registered office or depot

When employees start and/or finish work on the job site and their employer doesn’t offer transport free of charge, they’re paid:

• $22.02 per day
• their ordinary hourly rate for time spent travelling beyond 50 kilometres, with a minimum payment for 15 minutes.

Employees will also be reimbursed for incidental expenses actually incurred while travelling, such as toll charges. They won’t be reimbursed for motor vehicle expenses if they’re being paid the motor vehicle allowance.

When employees start and/or finish work on the job site and the employer offers transport free of charge, they’re paid:

• $3.95 per day
• their ordinary hourly rate for time spent travelling beyond 50 kilometres.

Motor allowance

Employees asked to use their own vehicle for work are paid a motor allowance of $0.91 per kilometre. An example of this is travelling between work sites.

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