31.1.4 Quick Reference Guide for Establishing Normal Weekly Earnings for Current Serving and Discharged Members
Last amended: 19 June 2014
Service giving rise to condition |
Current service |
Normal Weekly Earnings (NWE) |
Actual Earnings (AE) |
Normal Weekly Hours (NWH) |
Notes |
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1 |
Permanent Forces |
Permanent Forces |
Full-time ADF pay & allowances |
Actual ADF pay & allowances |
36.75 |
|
|
2 |
CFTS |
Part-time Reserve |
Full-time ADF pay & allowances |
Actual reserve pay & allowances + civilian pay & allowances or deemed earnings |
36.75 |
No choice to use pre-CFTS earnings as NWE. |
|
3 |
Part-time Reserve |
Part-time Reserve |
Reserve pay & allowances* + Civilian pay & allowances** |
Actual reserve pay & allowances + civilian pay & allowances or deemed earnings |
Reserve hours* + Civilian hours** |
See Part 31.9 of the SRCA Incapacity Handbook. |
|
4 |
Permanent Forces |
Part-time Reserve |
Full-time ADF pay & allowances |
Actual reserve pay & allowances + civilian pay & allowances or deemed earnings. |
36.75 |
No Remuneration Amount. Superannuation is offset. |
|
5 |
Cadets |
Cadets |
Cadet pay & allowances + civilian pay and allowances |
Actual Cadet pay & allowances + civilian pay and allowances or deemed earnings. |
Cadet hours + Civilian hours |
Officers and Instructors of Cadets may be remunerated, and have Cadet pay, which is taxable. Other Cadets may have a civilian component of NWE only. |
Notes
NWE is generally b — ased on a 2-week relevant (example) period when the person was continuously employed by the Commonwealth prior to the onset of incapacity. Delegates have discretion to determine example periods as is considered reasonable.
* Reserve pay and allowances :
Long-term incapacity where the member is unlikely to return to Reserve service:
current (financial) year of service – (Parades Attended + Parades expected to attend for the year) x the daily rate of Reserve Pay x 6/313. to get a weekly rate of Reserve pay. See Part 31.9.3 of the SRCA Incapacity Handbook.
history of service – (Parades Attended during the previous financial year x the daily rate of Reserve pay x 6/313 to get a weekly rate of Reserve pay. See Part 31.9.4 of the SRCA Incapacity Handbook.
Short-term incapacity used for short-term or intermittent periods of incapacity. It is the number of parades the member would have attended if not incapacitated x the daily rate of reserve pay. See Part 31.9.6 of the SRCA Incapacity Handbook
** Civilian pay and allowance are based on actual civilian earnings prior to the onset of incapacity. But NWE will default to 7 x the daily rate of reserve pay if reserve + civilian is less than 7 x the daily rate of Reserve pay.
Maximum rate weeks are counted for any periods of incapacity as a serving member.
SRCA INCAPACITY PAYMENTS - QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE. DISCHARGED MEMBERS
Service giving rise to condition |
Normal Weekly Earnings (NWE) |
Actual Earnings (AE) |
Normal Weekly Hours (NWH) |
Notes |
|
|
1 |
Permanent Forces |
Full-time ADF pay & allowances |
Actual or deemed earnings as per ss19(4) |
3 — 6.75 |
No Remuneration Amount |
|
2 |
CFTS |
Full-time ADF pay & allowances |
Actual or deemed earnings as per ss19(4) |
3 — 6.75 |
No Remuneration Amount No Choice of pre-CFTS earnings |
|
3 |
Part-time Reserve (with civilian work or skills) |
Reserve pay & allowances* + civilian pay and allowances** |
Actual or deemed earnings as per ss19(4) |
Reserve hours* + Civilian hours** |
|
|
4 |
Part-time Reserve (not engaged in civilian work and no employment skills) |
Reserve daily rate & allowances x7 |
Actual or deemed earnings as per ss19(4) |
3 — 6.75 |
This method of calculating NWE is also used if reserve + civilian earnings are less than 7 x the Reserve daily rate. |
|
Cadets |
Cadet pay & allowances + civilian pay and allowances |
Actual or deemed earnings as per ss19(4) |
Cadet hours + Civilian hours |
Officers and Instructors of Cadets may be remunerated, and have Cadet pay. Cadet pay is taxable. Other Cadets may not have a civilian component of NWE only. NWE may default to f/t rate of pay for Private PG2 if a school-aged Cadet is totally and permanently incapacitated. |
Notes
Under SRCA, NWE is generally calculated as it is for a current serving members. The amount of NWE is then set at the date of discharge and only indexed in accordance with the WPI.
* Reserve Pay and allowances for discharged members is generally calculated using the long-term incapacity method described above for current serving members.
Last service is not relevant to calculation of NWE under the SRCA.
Special rules apply to 'former' employees under the SRCA who were in receipt of incapacity payments on 30 November 1988. As the term 'former' has legislative meaning given by s123 the term discharged member is used to describe those members not currently serving. This table does not include calculation of NWE for 'former' members within the meaning of s123.
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