These are detailed in sub-clauses 13.3(d), 13.6, and 14.1 and summarised below.

Loading or unloading duties

Where engaged in loading or unloading duties – paid at hourly rate by dividing weekly award rate under sub-clause 13.1 by 40 and multiplying by 1.3 (industry disability allowance) –and a minimum of 1hour loading and 1 hour unloading per trip must be made where loading/unloading duties are required (sub-clause 13.6(a)).

The alternative is a written agreement between the employer and employee for a fixed allowance based on the hourly rate in clause 13.6(a) to cover loading/unloading (sub-clause 13.6(b)).

A casual employee attending to the loading or unloading of the vehicles must be paid a loading of 25% in addition to the rates prescribed (sub-clause 13.6(c)).

Overtime allowance – (1.2 times the ordinary rate or 20%) – included in the specified CPK rates and the specified hourly rates to take account of notional overtime factor of 2 hours in 10 hours at double time (sub-clause 14.1(b)).

Local driver temporarily transferred to long distance – when engaged as a local driver under RTD Award and required by the employer to temporarily transfer to long distance operations under LDO Award, then an allowance of 1.24% of the standard rate of the LDO Award is to be paid on each occasion (sub-clause 14.1(c)(i)).

Other responsibilities allowances

• driving a vehicle of excess length - 0.44% of the standard rate per day or part thereof.
• driving a vehicle with excess width or load of excess width of 3.5 metres – 0.44% of the standard rate per day or part thereof.
• furniture carting - 2.42% of the standard rate per week
• livestock carting - 2.42% of the standard rate per week
• transport of bulk dangerous goods or explosives -2.27% of standard rate per day
• transport of packaged dangerous goods requiring placarding -0.95% of standard rate per day