Laundry Allowance


Award Definition

Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services Award 2010 [MA000115]

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Allowance Description

Laundry allowance

Where an employer requires an employee to wear any special clothing in accordance with clause 18.3(a)(i),the employer will also:

  • provide reasonable laundering and maintenance of such clothing free of cost;or
  • reimburse the employee for reasonable laundering and maintenance of such clothing; or
  • pay the employee the lesser of $0.26 per day or part thereof on duty and $1.29 per week.

 

Notes:

All special clothing provided by the employer will remain the property of the employer.
The clothing allowance but not the laundry allowance will be paid during all absences on leave, except absences on long service leave and absences on personal/carer’s leave beyond 21 days.
Where, prior to the taking of leave, an employee was paid a clothing allowance other than at the weekly rate, the rate to be paid during absence on leave will be an average of the allowance paid during the 4 weeks immediately preceding the taking of leave.



What to pay

reimbursement for reasonable laundering and maintenance of special clothing, or an allowance of $0.26 per day or part thereof or $1.29 per week (whichever is the lesser amount)

Notes

This allowance is paid to help pay staff for laundering compulsory uniform

Should you withhold tax?

Laundry allowances should not have tax withheld from them unless they are over the ATO threshold. This is currently $0.58 per day or $2.88 per week. If they are over, the amount up to these thresholds is tax tree and the remaining amount is taxable

Should super be paid on this allowance?

This allowance should not form part of ordinary times earnings

Should payroll tax be paid on this allowance?

Include this allowance for payroll tax purposes

How is it treated on the payment summary?

Show the allowance separately in the allowance box

How should it be reported for Single Touch Payroll?

Laundry

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