5.12 MRCA - Person who has discharged – quick reference table
Service giving rise to condition | Normal Earnings (NE) | Normal Weekly Hours (NWH) |
Permanent Forces | Full-time ADF pay & allowances + Remuneration Amount S141 (last service was as PF member) or S164 (last service was as PT Reservist and last FT service was as a PF member. Note that if the last FT service was CFTS section 168 or section 170-172 applies as below) | 37.5 |
CFTS | Full-time ADF pay & allowances + Remuneration Amount S144 (last service was as CFTS) or S168 (last service was as PT Reservist and last FT service was as a CFTS member. Note that if last FT service was a PF member section 164 applies as above) Or Pre-CFTS civilian pay & allowances* S147-148 (last service was as CFTS) or S170-172 (last service was as PT Reservist and last FT service was as a CFTS member) + Reserve pay & allowances** S149 (last service was as CFTS) or S173 (last service was as PT Reservist and last FT service was as a CFTS member) | 37.5 Or Pre-CFTS civilian hours * + Reserve hours** |
Part-time Reserve | Engaged in civilian work prior to discharge: Reserve pay & allowances** + civilian pay and allowances* (S156-157) Not engaged in civilian work: Reserve daily rate x 7 & allowances** S161 | Reserve hours** + Civilian hours* Or 37.5 |
* Civilian pay & allowances (and normal weekly hours) are based on a 2-week example period during which the person was continuously employed prior to beginning a period of CFTS and prior to discharge.
** Reserve pay & allowances (and normal weekly hours) are based on a 1-year example period prior to beginning a period of CFTS and prior to discharge.
Delegates have the discretion to determine a different example period as is considered reasonable.
Note: Anomalous cases outside the scenarios in the above table should be referred to Policy for advice via the CAL.
5.12.1 Normal Weekly Hours (NWH)
Normal Weekly Hours (NWH) is defined in the table at Section 132(2). NWH are necessary for calculations after the Maximum Rate Weeks (i.e. 45 weeks). For part-time Reservists NWH are defined in section 158.
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