PAY RISE - REALISATION

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RILOR - NO MORE!

Found out today that RILOR will be renamed home to duty under JPA. What difference does it make? Not a lot it appears so long as you don't live more than 50 miles from your place of duty. Currently RILOR allows you to claim up to 70 miles with the CO's discretion. I claim the maximum and it is worth £10.28 a day, £3752.20 a year. Under the new rules 50 miles pays £10.47 less personal contribution of £2.57 = £7.90 a day, £2883.50 a year which means £868.70 less a year!! (RILOR is tax free I believe )

The new scheme comes in when your service goes across to JPA (RAF 1 Apr 06) and you have no rights to previous allowance rates. Those that made a conscious decision to claim RILOR instead of disturbance allowance/ legal fees etc may now be kicking themselves as now you can claim both disturbance allowances and home to duty, I'm led to believe.

Thanks for the 3% pay rise but it won't cover the reduction in allowances!!