AN170010 – Building and Construction Industry Award
(a) A tool allowance shall be paid for all purposes of the award in accordance with the following table:
Classification |
Tool Allowance |
$ per week | |
Artificial Stoneworker, carpenter and/or |
|
joiner, carpenter - diver, carver, bridge |
|
and wharf carpenter, floor sander, |
|
letter cutter, marble and slate worker, |
|
stonemason, tilelayer. |
23.30 |
Caster, fixer, floorlayer specialist, plasterer |
19.20 |
Refractory Bricklayer, Bricklayer. |
16.40 |
Roof tiler, slate-ridger or roof fixer |
12.10 |
Signwriter, painter, glazier. |
5.60 |
(b) The above allowance does not include the provision of the tools set out in Clause 43 – Special Tools and Protective Clothing of this award.
(c) The provisions of this subclause shall apply to bricklayers engaged on construction or repairs to refractory brickwork.
(i) After six weeks employment, and on request of the employee, an allowance of $61.00 shall be provided for the purchase of boots. The same allowance will be provided to cover the cost of replacement boots, provided that the allowance need not be paid more than once in any six month period dating from the time the allowance is first provided.
(ii) The allowance set out in paragraph (i) hereof will not be payable where the employer provides boots.
(iii) Employees provided with the allowance, or the boots, will accrue credit at the rate of $3.10 per week from the date of the request. An employee leaving, or being dismissed, before 20 weeks’ employment after the date of the request will repay the difference between the credit accrued and the $61.00.
