Based on what you've told us, it looks like you're covered by the General Retail Industry Award 2010 [MA000004].
Uniform entitlements
An employee may have to do work that requires special clothing or work that damages their clothing.
Special clothing includes:
- uniforms (eg. shirts with the company logo on them)
- clothing from the floor stock in the store an employee works in.
Special clothing doesn't include general dress standards required by an employer. For example, an employer may require that clothing is clean, in good condition and appropriate, or must be certain colours an employee can be reasonably expected to already own such as black trousers and shoes, and this would not count as special clothing.
If an employee has to wear special or protective clothing, the employer has to:
- provide the clothing, or
- reimburse the employee for the cost of the clothing.
The employer also has to:
- cover the cost of replacing the special or protective clothing due to normal wear and tear
- pay an employee an allowance each week or shift to cover washing costs, where the employee has to wash any special clothing.
For allowance amounts, go to Penalty rates and allowances.
Vehicle and travel entitlements
When an employee is asked to use their own vehicle for work purposes they get a vehicle allowance. For allowance amounts, go to Penalty rates and allowances.
Transport costs
An employee (other than a shiftworker) has to be reimbursed the cost of their taxi fare from the workplace to their home when:
- they start or finish after 10pm or before 7am on any day
- their regular means of transport isn't available
- they aren't able to arrange their own alternative transport
- the employer doesn't provide suitable transport.
Travel costs and travel time
When an employee has to work away from their normal branch or shop temporarily (up to 3 weeks) they have to be reimbursed for all extra transport costs.
Employees travelling between their normal branch or shop and the temporary branch or shop have to be paid:
- ordinary time rates for time spent travelling (when it's more than the time taken to get from their home to their normal branch or shop), unless it's a Sunday or a holiday
- any fares reasonably incurred (when it’s more than what they spend to get from their home to their normal branch or shop).
When an employer provides transport from a pick up point, employees have to get paid ordinary time rates for time spent travelling to and from the pick up point.
To find out more about who this award applies to, go to the Retail Award summary.
Source reference: General Retail Industry Award 2010 [MA000004] clause 20.2, 20.3, 20.4, 20.5, 20.6 and 20.7 