AN170026 – Disability Service Providers Award

PART IV – ALLOWANCES 

1. FIRST AID

(a) The employer shall supply and maintain a first aid outfit at each work-place as prescribed by the provisions of the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995 and the Workplace Health and Safety Regulations 1998

(b) In establishments where an employer has appointed an employee who holds a certificate issued by St John Ambulance or some other similar body as a First Aid Attendant an additional $9.20 per week for each week in which three days or more have been worked shall be paid to such employee and such amount shall be payable in addition to any amounts paid for annual leave, sick leave and holidays with pay provided that this allowance shall not be subject to any penalty additions.

PROVIDED that nothing in this subclause shall be taken as meaning an employer shall be required to make such an appointment.