❓ Question regarding the allowance paid to public servants acting as first aid officers, including the current amount and total cost across the public sector. The amount is provided, but the total cost is not centrally available.
AnsweredQoN 5950Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the allowance paid to public servants who undertake training and make themselves available as first aid officers, and I ask: (a) what is the current amount received by an officer under this allowance; and (b) what was the total cost of this allowance across the public sector for the financial year 2015-2016?
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Answered
18 October 2016
Response time
7 days
(a) Under the Public Service Government Officers General Agreement 2014, s37.2, it provides;
‘ An employee who has been appointed by the employer to be the first aid officer in a workplace shall be paid a public sector first aid allowance of 1 % of the gross hourly salary of a Level 1.8 general division employee. ’
Based on the current Agreement Schedule 2: General Division Salaries, this allowance is equivalent to $573.76 per annum or $22.00 per fortnight payable to each First Aid Officer.
(b) Information is not centrally available.
‘ An employee who has been appointed by the employer to be the first aid officer in a workplace shall be paid a public sector first aid allowance of 1 % of the gross hourly salary of a Level 1.8 general division employee. ’
Based on the current Agreement Schedule 2: General Division Salaries, this allowance is equivalent to $573.76 per annum or $22.00 per fortnight payable to each First Aid Officer.
(b) Information is not centrally available.
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