AN170028 – Electrical/Electronic Trades (Public Sector) Award
(a) Where the employer requires an employee to wear overalls or other protective clothing or safety footwear the employer will provide same free of cost to the employee.
(b) Employees are required to wear protective clothing/safety footwear so provided.
(c) Protective clothing is to be returned upon resignation or retirement of an employee.
(d) Damage to clothing - compensation to the extent of the damage sustained shall be made where, in the course of the work, clothing is damaged or destroyed by fire or molten metal or through the use of corrosive substances.
(e) The provision of all protective and safety equipment shall be in accordance with the requirements of the Factories, Shops and Offices Act 1965, the Inspection of Machinery Act 1960, the Scaffolding Act 1960, and the Regulations made to each of these Statutes.
