2.4 Casual Employment

1. A casual employee is employed by the hour and paid an hourly rate that includes a 25% loading, in lieu of Agreement-based benefits for which a casual employee is not eligible, including all paid leave entitlements (except for Family and Domestic Violence Leave and Long Service Leave) and paid sick leave for casual employees.

2. A casual appointment may be terminated with one (1) hour’s notice by either the employee or the University.

3. Casual employment will only be used in limited circumstances where the work is irregular, ad hoc or intermittent. These circumstances are:

   1. The work is not ongoing or fixed term in accordance with the Agreement;

   2. Where there is a short-term vacancy caused by the absence or departure of an employee being no more than six (6) months duration;

   3. The work to be performed is irregular to the degree that it is not possible to predict the hours of work that may be offered from week to week or the number of weeks of engagement;

   4. There is unexpected peak load for part of a semester or term;

   5. The casual employee is a postgraduate or honours student and performing teaching work that relates to the student’s study;

   6. The casual employee is a student at the University and engaged as a casual professional employee or teacher (under Schedule 5);

   7. The content of the course and subject material that the appointee will teach requires recent professional experience; and

   8. There is an operational need caused by a natural disaster.

Casual Academic Employees

4. The minimum salary paid to academic employees who are employed to undertake education and related duties on a casual basis will be the rates provided for in Schedule 2 of this Agreement, in accordance with the relevant formulae and descriptors.

5. The minimum salary paid to a research academic employee who is employed to undertake research-only related activities and employed on a casual basis will be an hourly rate derived from the full-time rates set out in Schedule 1, Part A, together with a 25% loading.

6. An academic employee who is employed on a casual basis and who is unable to deliver the face-to-face component of a lecture, tutorial, musical accompanying with special education service, or clinical nurse education because of illness may claim and will be paid for associated preparation time if their supervisor is satisfied the work was undertaken.

7. Casual academic employees must be engaged and paid for at least two (2) hours of work on each occasion they are required to attend work on a campus of the University, inclusive of any incorporated time and payment for preparation or associated working time provided for in the pay rates set out in Schedule 2.

Casual Professional Employees

8. Casual professional employees upon commencement will be paid at step 1 of the appropriate classification for the work being undertaken and will be paid an hourly rate derived from the full-time rates as set out in Schedule 1, Part B, together with a 25% loading.

9. The minimum period of engagement for casual professional employees is three (3) hours; however, the following casual professional employees have a minimum engagement period of one (1) hour:

   1. Students performing work between Monday and Friday (except public holidays) during the University’s main teaching weeks and any other day that they are expected to attend the University in their capacity as students;

   2. Casual professional employees with a primary occupation elsewhere; or

   3. An employee who has another employment contract with the University and who is expected to attend the University on that day.