AN150029 – Carpenters & Joiners (General) Award 1993
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14.1 Employees shall be paid a tool allowance per week for all purposes of the award in accordance with the following table:
Classification $ per week
Carpenter and/or joiner Carpenter & joiner Joiner special class Joiner-setter out
Joiner 18.10
Assembler A 5.30
14.2 Provided that:
Where an employer makes a definite decision to provide a tradespersons tools (and such decision is conveyed in writing to his/her employees) then such employer must provide ALL the tools reasonably required by the tradesperson to perform all the functions of his/her employment, and in such cases no tool allowance shall be payable. Further that in such cases:
(i) an employee provided with tools of trade by the
employer shall not be responsible for the loss of such tools where the loss is outside the control of the employee.
(ii) an employee provided with tools of trade by the employer shall replace all or any tools of trade lost due to the negligence of the employee, provided that where the tools of trade are locked in a secure location provided by the employer, or at the employers premises, the employee shall not be held responsible for the loss.
This sub-clause, however, should not apply to employees employed as at 14 January 1993 or apprentices, unless otherwise agreed between the parties.
