WAP Shift penalties?
 

Just been looking on the WAP Step Forward site and noticed a table for Shift Penalties. Anyone know what that is?

Re: WAP Shift penalties?
 

Shift penalties are extra payments to compensate for working shifts usually. Sometimes shift work penalties include extra holidays as well - or so I'm told :)

Re: WAP Shift penalties?
 

From $39-$66 per week for weekend and night shift seems like quite a bit. It'll certainly add considerably to your pay.

Re: WAP Shift penalties?
 

I think the penalty rate is per shift but you might want to check that.

Re: WAP Shift penalties?
 

From a mate of mine who went into WAPOL 5-6 years ago, the average bobby who attains the rank of 5 year first class, or 9 yr senior PC would earn $77,000 and $84,000 respectively, with shift "penalties" should really be shift "Bonus", but I'm told the average wage, including your "penalties" and a bit of OT is over $100,000 before tax and medicare obviously.

Hope that helps
Cheers

Re: WAP Shift penalties?
 

Silly question but what way does the Medicare system work...is it something that you automatically sign upto when you join WAPOL?, and therefore it's a standard amount out of your wages every month?, ir is it upto you to take your own private medicare out?...

Re: WAP Shift penalties?
 

Medicare is the nearest Aus has to the NHS. As a permanent resident you are entitled to Medicare - nothing to do with WA police :)

Have a read of http://www.humanservices.gov.au/cust...icare-services and there are also lots of threads about that and private healthcare in the main Aussie forum.

Re: WAP Shift penalties?
 

Also, take into account that any table listing shift penalties, is based on 8 hour shifts. Most "shifts" i.e. afternoon, evening and night shifts are 10 hours long, so should be calculated as 1.25 shift penalties, per shift worked.