ADF Workplace Remuneration
Arrangement (WRA) 2014+
Information Presentation
Directorate of Military Remuneration
Defence People Group
Scope
Directorate of Military Remuneration
• To explain the ADF wage setting environment.
• To explain the Defence Employment Offer.
• To discuss the ADF policy framework within the
current environment.
• To define productivity and efficiency.
• Questions.
Timeline
Directorate of Military Remuneration
• June 2014 – Information Presentations.
• July 2014 – Consideration by CDF and Service
Chiefs.
• 24 September 2014 – Defence Force Remuneration
Tribunal hearing.
• 4 November 2014 - New arrangement planned to
commence.
Wage setting environment
Directorate of Military Remuneration
• The WRA and enterprise bargaining.
• Productivity and efficiency.
• Provides across-the-board pay rises over a specified
period.
• Confined to pay and pay related allowances only.
What the WRA includes
Directorate of Military Remuneration
• Salary
• 15 salary related allowances:
Adventurous Training Instructor
Arduous Conditions Instructor
Diving
Field
Flying Disability
Language Proficiency
Maritime
Paratrooper
Reserve
Separation
Service
Special Forces Disability
Specialist Operations
Submarine Escape
Trainee
Directorate of Military Remuneration
WRA: Establishing the context
It is a tangible part of the Defence Employment Offer:
• The ADF Employment Offer includes tangible and
intangible elements, including:
Pay
Pay related allowances (Service & Flying)
Retention/Completion Bonuses
Other allowances (Locality & Travel)
Superannuation
Compensation and death benefits
Family support
Leave
Career transition schemes
DHOAS/HPAS
Lifestyle
DEFWEB Portal Essentials:
• PeopleConnect
• My Pay & Reward (tab)
• PACMAN (under Quick Links)
Directorate of Military Remuneration
What the WRA does not cover
The WRA does not specifically review:
• Allowances structure and amount.
• Warlike and Operational Conditions of service.
• Conditions of service covering special nature of
military service.
• Placement within the pay grades.
• Any other condition of service.
The Remuneration Picture
Decided by
Government
Other DFRT
Cases
WRA
Approved by
Minister
Directorate of Military Remuneration
Operational and Warlike Service
Special conditions of service on a case by
case basis. Not in the WRA.
Special Nature of Military Service
Allowances reflect the special characteristics of
military service (service allowance, disability
allowances etc).
Core Salary and Conditions of Service
ADF WRA: Recognition of across-the-board Defence renewal,
performance and efficiency through pay rises.
Determined Separately for ADF: Other conditions of service
shared with wider workforce: leave, relocation, travel, etc.
No Civilian
Equivalent
DECA
Considerations
Directorate of Military Remuneration
• The Australian Government Public Sector Workplace
Bargaining Policy and ADF Remuneration
Framework.
• Current economic circumstances.
• National Commission of Audit – looking to find
savings across whole of Government.
• 2015 Defence White Paper and Force Structure
Review.
Productivity and efficiency
Directorate of Military Remuneration
Current Government Policy requires:
Genuine productivity gains are demonstrable,
permanent improvements in the efficiency,
effectiveness and/or output of members, based on
reform of work practices or conditions resulting in
measurable savings.
Superannuation
Directorate of Military Remuneration
• The Government has announced the introduction of
ADF Super
• New military superannuation arrangement for people
joining the ADF from 1 July 2016.
• There will be no change to the superannuation
conditions of serving or retired members of the ADF:
– Serving MSBS members may choose to join ADF
Super
– Serving DFRDB members will not be able to join
ADF Super
Superannuation
Directorate of Military Remuneration
• ADF Super will be a fully funded accumulation plan
– employer contribution rate of 15.4 per cent
– increasing to 18 per cent during periods of warlike
service
– death and invalidity cover the same as MSBS
– choice for individuals over which superannuation
scheme they belong to
– portability of their superannuation benefit
– supports flexible work arrangements
• Further details will be published on the Defence
PeopleConnect website as they become available
Directorate of Military Remuneration
Questions?
Directorate of Military Remuneration
Where to go for more information
• Web (follow Workplace Remuneration Arrangement
link):
– DEFWEB – PeopleConnect
– Internet – http://www.defence.gov.au/dpe/pac/
• Email:
DMR.Policy@defence.gov.au
• Post:
Industrial Policy
Directorate of Military Remuneration
BP35-3-05
Brindabella Park
Canberra Airport ACT 2609
Contacts – WRA Team
Directorate of Military Remuneration
Director Military Remuneration – COL Brendan Stevens
Ph: (02) 6127 2504
Email: Brendan.Stevens@defence.gov.au
Deputy Director Military Remuneration – LTCOL Mark Mackay
Ph: (02) 6127 2485
Email: Mark.Mackay@defence.gov.au
A/Assistant Director Industrial Policy – Mrs Rebekah Clifford
Ph: (02) 6127 2489
Email: Rebekah.Clifford@defence.gov.au
Industrial Policy 1- SQNLDR Mark French
Ph: (02) 6127 2488
Email: Mark.French2@defence.gov.au