Community Language Allowance Application Form

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Community Language Allowance (CLA)

Further information and guidance will be provided upon consultation with the Employee Consultative Group (ECG).

Under Section 26 of the Commonwealth Members of Parliament Staff Enterprise Agreement 2024-27 (EA), eligible ongoing and non-ongoing employees can receive a new allowance if they meet certain competency requirements and are required to use their ability to communicate in braille, Auslan, or a language other than English in the course of their work.

For an employee to be eligible for this allowance, the employing parliamentarian must determine that the employee is regularly required to use their ability to communicate in another language, and that the employee meets the required level of competency prescribed by the PWSS, including:

A pass in the Community Language Aid Proficiency Test carried out by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI).
NAATI certification at the certified provisional interpreter level or higher.
NAATI recognition as a practicing or recognised interpreter (where NAATI testing/certification is not available for that language).
A Certificate II in Auslan from a Technical and Further Education (TAFE) provider, State Deaf Society or equivalent.

Nominated officer details

Title

First Name

Last Name

Phone number

Email address

Employee AGS number (refer to payslip)

Employment status

Language and competency

Please identify the language for which you are competent (e.g. Braille, Auslan or a language other than English, including a First Nations language)

There is no limit on the languages available for the allowance. We identify Braille and Auslan explicitly as they are not spoken languages like other languages are likely to be.

Upload proof of competency documentation

One file only.
5 MB limit.
Allowed types: txt, rtf, pdf, doc, docx, .

Parliamentarian details

Parliamentarian full name

Parliamentarian email

Upload employing parliamentarian’s endorsement document

One file only.
5 MB limit.
Allowed types: txt, rtf, pdf, doc, docx, .

Acknowledgement

By submitting this form:

I confirm my employing parliamentarian has determined I will be required to regularly use my ability to communicate in Braille or a language other than English in the course of my work.

I meet the level of competency required and have provided supporting documentation.

I confirm my employing parliamentarian is aware I am submitting this form.

I understand that I must contact HR Advice if I change roles and/or Offices and am no longer required to use my ability to communicate in Braille, Auslan or other than English. A failure to do so may be found to be in breach of the Behaviour Code for MOP(S) Act employees.

I acknowledge that I understand that knowingly giving false or misleading information is a serious offence under the Criminal Code Act 1995.