Common use of CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT Clause in Contracts

CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT. (a) Employees required by the Employer to wear uniforms will be supplied with an adequate number of uniforms appropriate to the occupation free of cost to Employees. Such items are to remain the property of the Employer and be laundered and maintained by such Employer free of cost to the Employee. (b) Instead of the provision of such uniforms, the Employer may, by agreement with the Employee, pay such Employee a uniform allowance at the rate set out in Item 1 of Table 5. This rate is expressed as per shift or part thereof, or as a weekly rate – an Employee is to be paid whichever is the lesser amount. (c) Where an Employee’s uniforms are not laundered by or at the expense of the Employer, the Employee will be paid a laundry allowance. For Aged Care, Health Professionals and Home Care Employees this will be paid at the rate set out in Item 2 of Table 5. This allowance is also expressed as a payment per shift of part thereof of as a weekly payment – an Employee is to be paid whichever is the lesser amount. For Nursing Employees this will be paid at the rate set out in Item 3 of Table 5. (d) The uniform allowance, but not the laundry allowance, will be paid during all absences on paid leave, except absences on long service leave and absence on personal/carer’s leave beyond 21 days. Where, prior to the taking of leave, an Employee was paid a uniform allowance other than at the weekly rate, the rate to be paid during absence on leave will be the average of the allowance paid during the four weeks immediately preceding the taking of leave. (e) Where an Employer requires an Employee to wear rubber gloves, special clothing or where safety equipment is required for the work performed by an Employee, the Employer must reimburse the Employee for the cost of purchasing such special clothing or safety equipment, except where such clothing or equipment is provided by the Employer.

CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT. (a) Employees required by the Employer employer to wear uniforms will be supplied with an adequate number of uniforms appropriate to the occupation free of cost to Employeesemployees. Such items are to remain the property of the Employer employer and be laundered and maintained by such Employer the employer free of cost to the Employeeemployee. (b) Instead of the provision of such uniforms, the Employer employer may, by agreement with the Employeeemployee, pay such Employee employee a uniform allowance at the rate set out in Item 1 of Table 5. This rate is expressed as $1.23 per shift or part thereofthereof on duty or $6.24 per week, or as a weekly rate – an Employee is to be paid whichever is the lesser amount. (c) . Where an Employeesuch employee’s uniforms are not laundered by or at the expense of the Employeremployer, the Employee employee will be paid a laundry allowance. For Aged Care, Health Professionals and Home Care Employees this will be paid at the rate set out in Item 2 allowance of Table 5. This allowance is also expressed as a payment $0.32 per shift of or part thereof of as a weekly payment – an Employee is to be paid on duty or $1.49 per week, whichever is the lesser amount. For Nursing Employees this will be paid at the rate set out in Item 3 of Table 5. (dc) The uniform allowance, but not the laundry allowance, will be paid during all absences on paid leave, except absences on long service leave and absence on personal/carer’s 's leave beyond 21 days. Where, prior to the taking of leave, an Employee employee was paid a uniform allowance other than at the weekly rate, the rate to be paid during absence on leave will be the average of the allowance paid during the four weeks immediately preceding the taking of leave. (ed) Where an Employer employer requires an Employee employee to wear rubber gloves, special clothing or where safety equipment is required for the work performed by an Employeeemployee, the Employer employer must reimburse the Employee employee for the cost of purchasing such special clothing or safety equipment, except where such clothing or equipment is provided by the Employeremployer. (e) If during any day or shift, the clothing of an employee (other than a uniform) is soiled in the course of the performance of their duties, the employee will be paid a laundry allowance of $0.32 cents per shift provided that: (i) As soon as reasonably practicable the employee provides notice of the soiling and, if requested, evidence that would satisfy a reasonable person of the soiling and/or how it occurred; and (ii) At the time the clothing was soiled the employee had complied with any reasonable requirement of the employer in relation to the wearing of personal protective equipment either provided or paid for by the employer in accordance with clause 17.7 (d). (f) If the clothing of an employee is soiled or damaged (excluding normal wear and tear) in the course of the performance of their duties, to the extent that its repair or replacement is necessary, the employer must reimburse the employee for the reasonable cost incurred in repairing or replacing the clothing with a substitute item, provided that: (i) As soon as reasonably practicable the employee provides notice of the soiling or damage and, if requested, evidence that would satisfy a reasonable person of the soiling or damage, how it occurred, and the reasonable repair or replacement costs; (ii) At the time the clothing was soiled or damaged the employee had complied with any reasonable requirement of the employer in relation to the wearing of personal protective equipment either provided or paid for by the employer in accordance with clause 20.2(d) ; and (iii) The damage or soiling of an employee’s clothes is not caused by the negligence of the employee. (g) Clause 17.7 (g) will not apply where an employee is permitted or required to wear a uniform supplied by the employer or is otherwise entitled to any payment under clauses 17.7 (a) and 17.7 (b).

CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT. (a) Employees required by the Employer employer to wear uniforms will be supplied with an adequate number of uniforms appropriate to the occupation free of cost to Employeesemployees. Such items are to remain the property of the Employer employer and be laundered and maintained by such Employer the employer free of cost to the Employeeemployee. (b) Instead of the provision of such uniforms, the Employer employer may, by agreement with the Employeeemployee, pay such Employee employee a uniform allowance at the rate set out in Item 1 of Table 5. This rate is expressed as $1.23 per shift or part thereofthereof on duty or $6.24 per week, or as a weekly rate – an Employee is to be paid whichever is the lesser amount. (c) . Where an Employeesuch employee’s uniforms are not laundered by or at the expense of the Employeremployer, the Employee employee will be paid a laundry allowance. For Aged Care, Health Professionals and Home Care Employees this will be paid at the rate set out in Item 2 allowance of Table 5. This allowance is also expressed as a payment $0.32 per shift of or part thereof of as a weekly payment – an Employee is to be paid on duty or $1.49 per week, whichever is the lesser amount. For Nursing Employees this will be paid at the rate set out in Item 3 of Table 5. (dc) The uniform allowance, but not the laundry allowance, will be paid during all absences on paid leave, except absences on long service leave and absence on personal/carer’s 's leave beyond 21 days. Where, prior to the taking of leave, an Employee employee was paid a uniform allowance other than at the weekly rate, the rate to be paid during absence on leave will be the average of the allowance paid during the four weeks immediately preceding the taking of leave. (ed) Where an Employer employer requires an Employee employee to wear rubber gloves, special clothing or where safety equipment is required for the work performed by an Employeeemployee, the Employer employer must reimburse the Employee employee for the cost of purchasing such special clothing or safety equipment, except where such clothing or equipment is provided by the Employeremployer. (e) If during any day or shift, the clothing of an employee (other than a uniform) is soiled in the course of the performance of their duties, the employee will be paid a laundry allowance of $0.32 cents per shift provided that: (i) As soon as reasonably practicable the employee provides notice of the soiling and, if requested, evidence that would satisfy a reasonable person of the soiling and/or how it occurred; and (ii) At the time the clothing was soiled the employee had complied with any reasonable requirement of the employer in relation to the wearing of personal protective equipment either provided or paid for by the employer in accordance with clause 17.7 (d). (f) If the clothing of an employee is soiled or damaged (excluding normal wear and tear) in the course of the performance of their duties, to the extent that its repair or replacement is necessary, the employer must reimburse the employee for the reasonable cost incurred in repairing or replacing the clothing with a substitute item, provided that: (i) As soon as reasonably practicable the employee provides notice of the soiling or damage and, if requested, evidence that would satisfy a reasonable person of the soiling or damage, how it occurred, and the reasonable repair or replacement costs; (ii) At the time the clothing was soiled or damaged the employee had complied with any reasonable requirement of the employer in relation to the wearing of personal protective equipment either provided or paid for by the employer in accordance with clause 20.2(d) ; and (iii) The damage or soiling of an employee’s clothes is not caused by the negligence of the employee. (g) Clause 17.7 (f) will not apply where an employee is permitted or required to wear a uniform supplied by the employer or is otherwise entitled to any payment under clauses 17.7 (a) and 17.7 (b).