POLICE — MEAL ALLOWANCES
1000. Hon PETER COLLIER to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
(1) What meal allowances are
provided to sworn police officers throughout Western Australia?
(2) Have these allowances increased
since 2019; and, if yes, by how much?
(3) If no to (2), have they
decreased since 2019; and, if yes, by how much?
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON
replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
The Western Australia Police Force
has provided the following advice.
(1) In accordance with the Western Australia
Police Force industrial agreement 2020.
The next bit of information is in
tabular form. It is quite a lot so I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard.
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
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Clause
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Allowance
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Description
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Amount
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14(5)(c) (ii)
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Meal allowance when working overtime
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When an Employee has been notified of a requirement
to work overtime the Employer shall provide the Employee with a meal for each
meal break they are entitled to. Where the Employer fails to provide a meal
and the Employee certifies that they purchased a meal, they are paid the
appropriate meal allowance.
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Breakfast: $10.80 per meal
Lunch: $13.30 per meal
Evening meal: $15.95 per meal
Supper: $10.80 per meal
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12(8)(c) and F15 of Schedule F
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Missed meal allowance
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Where an Employee is prevented by continuous duty
from taking a meal break, they shall receive a missed meal allowance (only
one claim per shift).
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Rate per meal: $6.35Maximum reimbursement per pay
period: $31.75
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25 (1) (d) and 27
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Relieving Allowance and Travelling Allowance
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Travel not involving an overnight stay or travel
involving an overnight stay where accommodation only is provided attracts the
prescribed meal allowance.
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Daily meal allowance rate ranging from $16.30 to
$52.20 depending on location and meal category (breakfast, lunch, or dinner)
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(2)–(3) No.