AN170054 – Laundry and Dry Cleaning Award
A weekly employee who is absent during ordinary working hours for the purpose of donating blood shall not suffer any deduction of pay up to a maximum of 2 hours on each occasion, and subject to a maximum of 4 separate absences for the purposes of donating blood each calendar year.
PROVIDED that such employee shall arrange for his absence to be on a day suitable to the employer and be as close as possible to the beginning or ending of his ordinary working hours. Proof of the attendance of the employee at a recognised place for the purpose of donating blood and the duration of such attendance shall first be furnished to the satisfaction of the employer.
Further, the employee shall notify his employer as soon as possible of the time and date upon which he is requested by the blood bank to be absent for the purpose of donating blood.
