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an  office holder as well as return to work payments and benefit, training and compensation payments.

Compulsory Occupational Clothing
41. Compulsory occupational clothing is clothing which is not conventional in nature and which an employer has prescribed in an express policy stating that there is a requirement or compulsion to wear the clothing by employees.  That policy must also be consistently enforced by the employer.

Corporate
42. The word 'corporate', in the phrase 'corporate product or service identifiers', is used to refer to both incorporated and unincorporated bodies and applies to trusts, partnerships, joint venturers and sole traders who introduce occupational clothing for their staff.  There is no specific limit on the number of employees for whom a design may be introduced.  For example, a corner store which employs three or four people could, if it wishes, introduce occupational clothing.

Corporate, Product or Service Identifiers
43. Corporate, product or service identifiers are features which readily identify a particular organisation, product or service and include such things as well known, specific or registered trade marks, logos, initials, insignia, emblems, arms, and patterns.  They may be a 'stand alone' feature (eg. an insignia on a blazer) or they may be a common feature (eg. a pattern in fabric consisting of employer's logo).

Design
44. Subsection 34-25(2) of the Act states that 'design of a uniform includes  features such as its colouring, construction, durability, ornamentation, pattern and shape'.

45. Where an organisation operates over a wide climatic area, it may be necessary for the design of the occupational clothing to take into account the climate for which it is intended.  For example an employer who has operations in both southern Tasmania and far north Queensland may wish to submit 4 designs - 1 winter and 1 summer design for each climatic region.

46. A design may also be used as a means of distinguishing between various staffing groups within an organisation eg. a set of clothing items used by office staff may differ from the set used by field staff.  In these cases, the factors listed in these Guidelines should be considered in the context of the collection which applies to each separate staffing group within the organisation and entered separately on the Register.  For example, the collection to be worn by the office staff should be considered separately to that worn by technicians in the field.

Occupational Clothing
47. Occupational clothing is a set of one or more items of clothing and accessories (other than protective or occupation specific clothing) which distinctively identify a particular employing organisation, product or service and which employees are encouraged by their employer to acquire and wear at work, but are under no compulsion to do so.