Tasmania

Rail & bus pay — current classifications, rates, penalties & allowances

Enterprise Agreement

Metro Tasmania Bus Operators Enterprise Agreement 2024 (AE528009)

Current (nominal expiry 12 February 2028)

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Roles & Wages

Role	Pay Point	July 2024	July 2025	July 2026
Bus Operator Weekly full-time base wage. Levels are tenure bands based on length of service at Metro Tasmania; a Level 3 operator meeting performance criteria may apply for accelerated progression to Level 4 from 24 months' service (maximum two applications).	Level 1 (first 12 months)	$61,175.85	$63,315.73	$65,531.77
	Level 2 (12-24 months)	$61,828.46	$63,992.85	$66,229.24
	Level 3 (24-36 months)	$62,458.63	$64,649.63	$66,906.36
	Level 4 (36+ months)	$63,380.94	$65,593.32	$67,891.27

Showing annual salary rates (calculated from weekly × 52.167)

Allowances

Allowance	Unit	July 2024	July 2025	July 2026
Articulated Bus Allowance (cl 15.1(b)) Bus Operators rostered or required to operate an articulated bus in service.	Per shift	$14.40	$14.91	$15.43
14.5 Metre Bus Allowance (cl 15.1(c)) Bus Operators rostered or required to operate a 14.5 metre bus in service. If both an articulated and a 14.5 metre bus are driven on the same day, only the higher of the two allowances is paid.	Per shift	$6.13	$6.34	$6.57
Jump Start Allowance (cl 15.1(d)) Bus Operators required at a satellite yard to jump-start a bus. Paid per bus jump-started.	Per occasion	$9.40	$9.73	$10.07
Recruiting Support Allowance (cl 15.1(e)) Bus Operators required by Metro to support new recruits as buddy drivers. Paid per day of recruiting support provided.	Per day	$6.51	$6.74	$6.98
First Aid Allowance (cl 15.1(a)) Current holders of a first aid certificate appointed by Metro as first aid officers. Not payable where holding a first aid certificate is already a requirement of the normal role.	Per week	$14.26	$14.75	$15.27
Approved to Train Allowance (cl 15.1(g)) Paid fortnightly to Bus Operators formally Approved to Train by Metro, whether or not they are rostered to perform training duties in that period. Separate from the Training Duties hourly rate paid for hours actually spent training (see notes).	Per week	$24.06	$24.90	$25.78
Coordinator Premium (cl 15.1(f)) Bus Operators required to work in the office on their rostered line. A 4% premium on paid hours at all rate steps.	% of paid hours	4%	—	—
Private Motor Vehicle Use (cl 15.2(b)(v)) Where no public transport is available and a Bus Operator is required, by agreement, to use their own vehicle between the ordinary starting/finishing place and another Metro work location. Paid at the ATO cents-per-kilometre rate.	Per km	As per ATO rate	—	—
Hobart Meal Allowance (cl 15.2(c)(ii)) Meal taken away from the designated Hobart depot where reasonable facilities are provided.	Per shift	$12.51	$12.95	$13.40
Overtime Meal — Breakfast (cl 15.2(c)(i)) Bus Operators who work more than 2 hours of unplanned overtime beyond their ordinary finishing time.	Per meal	$22.33	$23.11	$23.92
Overtime Meal — Lunch (cl 15.2(c)(i))	Per meal	$20.48	$21.19	$21.93
Overtime Meal — Dinner (cl 15.2(c)(i))	Per meal	$37.22	$38.52	$39.87
Intrastate Meal — Breakfast (cl 15.2) Living away from home / meal allowance for travel within Tasmania.	Per meal	$25.31	$26.20	$27.11
Intrastate Meal — Lunch (cl 15.2)	Per meal	$28.38	$29.37	$30.40
Intrastate Meal — Dinner (cl 15.2)	Per meal	$48.79	$50.50	$52.27
Interstate Meal — Breakfast (cl 15.2) Living away from home / meal allowance for interstate travel.	Per meal	$33.51	$34.68	$35.89
Interstate Meal — Lunch (cl 15.2)	Per meal	$37.70	$39.02	$40.39
Interstate Meal — Dinner (cl 15.2)	Per meal	$64.22	$66.47	$68.79

Penalty Rates

Early/late work — 17:00 to 07:00 (cl 23.1(a))115%

A 15% penalty on the base rate for all time worked between 17:00 and 07:00 on a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday. Does not apply to Bus Operators on split shifts.

Sign-off at or after 20:00 — whole shift (cl 23.1(b))115%

A rostered shift that signs off at or after 20:00 attracts the 15% penalty for the whole shift, not just the hours after 20:00.

Saturday (cl 23.2(a))150%

Time and a half for all Saturday work.

Sunday (cl 23.2(b))200%

Double time for all Sunday work.

Span of hours — 9.5 to 10.5 hours (cl 23.5(a))150%

Work beyond a span of 9.5 consecutive hours in a day is paid at time and a half, up to 10.5 hours.

Span of hours — beyond 10.5 hours (cl 23.5(b))200%

Work beyond a span of 10.5 consecutive hours in a day is paid at double time.

Directed shift change on under 48 hours' notice (cl 23.3)200%

Where Metro directs, with less than 48 hours' notice, a change from one rostered shift to another commencing the same day, the first changed shift is paid at double time — a flat replacement of the ordinary rate, not a cumulative penalty. Does not apply where the Bus Operator requests the change.

Overtime (cl 24.2)200%

All time worked in excess of rostered ordinary hours (76 per fortnight, or 80 in a rostered fortnight including ADO-credited hours) is double time. Time off in lieu may be taken hour-for-hour by prior agreement (cl 24.5). Extra rates are not cumulative beyond double the base rate, except public-holiday rates (cl 24.4).

Day Off Cancelled — Saturday or Sunday (cl 24.3(b)(i))200%

Double time where a full-time operator works on a rostered day off, or a part-time operator works a sixth distinct day in the same rostered week that was originally a rostered day off, and that day is a Saturday or Sunday.

Day Off Cancelled — any other day (cl 24.3(b)(ii))150% then 200%

Time and a half for the first 3 hours, double time thereafter.

Day Off Cancelled — public holiday (cl 24.3(b)(iii))250%

Double time and a half where the cancelled day off falls on a public holiday.

Public holiday worked (cl 36.2(c))250%

Double time and a half of the base rate for hours worked on a public holiday. A non-casual whose usual hours fall on the holiday but who is not required to work them is paid the base rate for the day.

Public holiday actual date falling on a Saturday (cl 36.2(d)(i))150%

Where the actual calendar date of a gazetted public holiday falls on a Saturday, work on that Saturday is paid time and a half; the gazetted substitute weekday attracts the full 250%. Boxing Day and New Year's Day expressly follow this rule.

Public holiday actual date falling on a Sunday (cl 36.2(d)(ii))200%

Where the actual calendar date of a gazetted public holiday falls on a Sunday, work on that Sunday is paid double time; the gazetted substitute weekday attracts the full 250%.

Substitute public-holiday weekday (cl 36.2(d)(iii))250%

The gazetted substitute weekday for a public holiday that fell on a weekend is paid the full public-holiday rate.

Christmas Day (cl 36.2(e)(ii))250%

Always paid at double time and a half regardless of the day of the week it falls — the weekend-reduction rule does not apply to Christmas Day.

ANZAC Day (cl 36.2(e)(iv))250%

Always paid at double time and a half regardless of the day it falls, because no substitute public holiday is gazetted when ANZAC Day falls on a weekend.

Casual loading (cl 10.5(b))125%

The published hourly casual rate is the part-time hourly rate (weekly rate ÷ 38) plus a 25% loading, paid in lieu of annual leave, public holidays, personal/carer's leave, compassionate leave, notice of termination and redundancy pay. The loading is not applied to allowances.

Annual leave loading — split-shift Monday-Friday roster (cl 27.11(a))17.5%

Leave loading for Bus Operators on a split-shift Monday-to-Friday roster.

Annual leave loading — all other Bus Operators (cl 27.11(b))20%

Paid to all non-casual Bus Operators after their first anniversary of employment, or on termination including pro rata; part-time operators are paid pro rata.

Notes

•These figures are the weekly full-time base wage in Australian dollars for Metro Tasmania Bus Operators. The agreement delivers a 13.5% increase from 1 July 2024 (paid as back pay once the agreement was approved in February 2025), then 3.5% from 1 July 2025 and a further 3.5% from 1 July 2026.
•The agreement also prints an undated "Current Rates" baseline column showing the pre-increase rates; because the source does not tie it to any calendar date, that column is omitted here.
•Ordinary full-time hours are 38 per week (76 per fortnight). The published hourly part-time rate is the weekly rate divided by 38, rounded to the nearest cent, so those columns are not repeated here. Part-time operators are paid that hourly rate with a minimum payment of 3 hours for each day engaged.
•Casual Bus Operators are paid the hourly part-time rate plus a 25% loading (shown under Penalties), in lieu of paid leave, public holiday, notice and redundancy entitlements; the loading does not apply to allowances.
•Bus Operator levels are tenure bands: Level 1 covers the first 12 months of service at Metro, Level 2 more than 12 but less than 24 months, Level 3 more than 24 but less than 36 months, and Level 4 more than 36 months.
•Bus Operators formally Approved to Train are paid a separate Training Duties hourly rate — $35.54 per hour from 1 July 2024, $36.78 from 1 July 2025 and $38.07 from 1 July 2026 — but only for hours actually spent performing rostered training duties; all other hours are paid at their normal level rate. It is published hourly, so it is listed here rather than mixed into the weekly table above.
•This agreement covers Metro Tasmania Bus Operators and operates to the complete exclusion of the Passenger Vehicle Transportation Award 2020 — it is the sole industrial instrument for these employees.
•Source: Metro Tasmania Bus Operators Enterprise Agreement 2024 (AE528009), Fair Work Commission.