AN120154 – Concrete Pipe and Concrete Products Factories Consolidated (State) Award
(a)
(i) Each employee shall be issued with two sets of overalls or suitable alternative clothing at the commencement of any employment and at the beginning of each subsequent 12 months period, provided that each employee shall receive, on a needs basis, an additional issue of overalls or suitable alternative clothing where, due to the work location and/or type of work, such issue is necessary.
(ii) By arrangement between the employer and the employees at any particular plant and with the agreement of the union, an allowance per week as set out in Item 15 of Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances, of Part B, Monetary Rates, may be substituted in place of the supply of clothing; or
(iii) At the discretion of the employer each employee may be provided with overalls or suitable alternative clothing which remain the property of the employer and which are laundered, at the employer's expense, at least once each week.
(b)
(i) Up to three pairs of safety boots per annum shall be provided by the employer on production of satisfactory evidence that any boots issued previously are no longer serviceable.
(ii) By arrangement between the employer and the employees at any particular plant and with the agreement of the union, an allowance per week as set out in Item 15 of Table 2, for the purchase of approved safety boots, may be substituted in place of the supply of boots.
(c) In the case of a new employee who leaves within a period of four weeks of commencement, such employee will be charged the cost of boots and clothing supplied, but this charge will be reduced by 25 per cent for each completed week the employee has worked.
