- Casual
- Weekly
- Touring
Overview
MPH employs Touring crew who live in all states and territories across Australia. Where employees live matters as it affects how and when some allowances are paid.
In the context of this policy, employees may:
- Work in their City of Residence (local shows); or
- Fly-in Fly-out (FIFO) to a location for work; or
- Travel by road to other cities and towns for work in their home state
and
- Stay in their own home; or
- Stay in MPH provided accommodation; or
- Stay with a friend or relative (if not part of a Tour Group); or
- Camp on site (by express agreement only and the Camping Allowance applies!)
City of Residence
The City of Residence is the location where the employee lives, as can be indicated by;
- The address on their Drivers Licence
- Where their furniture is
- Where they usually sleep when not touring
MPH tends to select employees for work based on their City of Residence. For example, if we have the option of employing a person based in Melbourne, or a person based in Perth for an east-coast tour, it’s cheaper for the company to select the Melbourne-based person because Prep work is completed in Melbourne, and no PER-MEL flights are required.
Temporary relocation
Employees can choose to temporarily relocate to Melbourne (or another city) to be “closer to the work”. For example,
To be a more-favorable option to MPH, casual employee Greg moved from Perth to Melbourne during MPH’s busy season, changing their official City of Residence for the duration – Greg has a friend with a spare room in Melbourne 👯.
The Allowance and Reimbursement polices apply for the new, (possibly) temporary City of Residence. This means Greg may receive fewer Allowances and Reimbursements but is likely to receive more offers of work from MPH.
If an employee will be in another city, including Melbourne, for 30 days or more, this is deemed a temporary relocation.
Casual employees considering temporary relocation are not guaranteed additional work.
Accommodation
On a given night, employees are considered to be “living” at their assigned accommodation.
Fly-in Fly-out worker city
MPH often employs FIFO workers – these are our Touring employees who travel by air to a place other than their City of Residence for work, for a short time.
To select appropriate staff for Jobs and understand who pays for flights, we define the FIFO Worker City. This is the location from which an employee is being travelled to / from when:
- Travelling for MPH work; and
- Not travelling to / from their City of Residence
For example,
👉🏼 Lily’s City of Residence is Sydney. She is working on the Gold Coast for few months on a film set for another company. She books MPH work in her week off from film work.
We consider the Gold Coast to be Lily’s FIFO Worker City. MPH will fly Lily from the Gold Coast to Melbourne for the MPH Job and return Lily to the Gold Coast after the MPH Job.
👉🏼 Anuli lives in Perth but is working on a short-term contract in Sydney. She has two weeks off and comes to work for MPH for one week – the next week, she’s working for a different lighting company in Brisbane.
MPH will fly Anuli from SYD to MEL, and back to SYD – otherwise, it’s the other lighting company’s expense to fly her to BNE.
Work in regional or distant locations
Per the Accommodation Policy MPH books accommodation for employees in the following circumstances when they are working in in locations distant to their home:
- The employee lives 70km or more from the Job Site (taking the most direct route per Google Maps); and
- The known shift end time is between 00:00 – 06:00; and
- More than 10h will be worked; or
- If the employee were to travel home at the end of a shift and back the following morning for the next, less than a 10h break between shifts would occur.
In the above listed circumstances employees are obliged to; either
- Accept MPH provided accommodation to avoid the risks associated with driving while fatigued; or
- Take a taxi to /from the Job Site (see below caveats); or
- Decline the offer of work.
When a taxi to / from site is being considered by managers, the cost of a taxi must be equal to or less than the accommodation that could have been booked for that night (i.e. if accomm for the night is $160, $160 may be used to transport the employee to and from the Job Site). If the taxi costs will exceed accommodation costs, these employees are not offered work in the distant location.
The details are confirmed and agreed to in advance of engagement on the Job.
If employees are accommodated by MPH in these circumstances, a Travel Allowance applies.