AN120387 – Nursing Homes, &C., Nurses' (State) Award

16. UNIFORM AND LAUNDRY ALLOWANCE

(i) Subject to subclause (iii) of this clause, sufficient suitable and serviceable uniforms, including one pair of shoes per annum which shall be of a recognised acceptable standard for the performance of nursing duties, and one cardigan or jacket, shall be supplied free of cost to each employee required to wear a uniform or part of a uniform. An employee to whom a new uniform or part of a uniform has been issued who, without good reason, fails to return the corresponding article last supplied shall not be entitled to have such article replaced without payment therefore at a reasonable price.

(ii) An employee, on leaving the service of an employer, shall return any uniform or part thereof supplied by that employer which is still in use immediately prior to leaving.

(iii)

(a) In lieu of supplying uniforms and shoes to an employee, an employer shall pay the said employee the sum per week set in Item 10 of Table 2 - Other Rates and Allowances of Part B, Monetary Rates for uniforms and the sum per week set out in Item 11 of the said Table 2 for shoes.

(b) In lieu of supplying a cardigan or jacket to an employee, an employer shall pay the said employee the sum per week set out in Item 12 of Table 2.

(c) In lieu of supplying stockings to a female employee, an employer shall pay the said employee the sum per week set out in Item 13 of Table 2.

(d) In lieu of supplying socks to an employee, the employer shall pay the said employee the sum per week set out in Item 14 of Table 2.

(iv) If, in any facility, the uniforms of an employee are not laundered at the expense of the facility, the sum per week set out in Item 15 of Table 2 shall be paid to the said employee. Provided that the payment of such laundry allowance shall not be made to any employee on absences exceeding one week.

(v) Where the employer requires any employee to wear headwear, the facility shall provide headwear free of charge to the employee.

(vi) The allowances referred to in subclause (iii) are also payable during any period of paid leave.