AN160141 – Gold Mining Consolidated Award 1980
Any employee working in wet places shall be paid an allowance of $1.24 per day or shift or part of a day or shift provided that:
(1) This allowance shall not be payable to employees working on natural surfaces made wet by rain.
(2) Where waterproof boots and/or oilskins are provided by the employer, no claim shall be allowed under this provision for wet feet or clothing, but where, notwithstanding this protection and the exercise of reasonable care by the employee, that employee's clothing or feet become wet, that employee shall be paid the appropriate rate of wet pay.
(3) Where an employee is compelled to work in water to the thighs, that employee shall receive the allowance notwithstanding the previous paragraph (2) of this proviso.
(4) A place shall be deemed to be wet when water other than rain is continually dropping from overhead so as to saturate the clothing of the employee if unprotected or when the water in the place where the employee is standing is over one inch deep and such employee has not been supplied with waterproof boots.
(5) The provisions of this clause shall not apply to subclause (2)(c) of Clause 6. - Hours of Work of this Award.
