Common use of Casual Appointment Clause in Contracts

Casual Appointment. (a) Casual appointments are normally offered where there is a need to engage additional staff where the work is irregular, to cover a short-term absence, to provide industry or professional experience or to provide postgraduate opportunities. Casual staff are engaged by the hour and paid an all-purpose hourly rate which includes a loading of 25 per cent, in lieu of benefits available to ongoing and fixed-term staff, and is derived from the fortnightly salary applicable to the appropriate classification. (b) The University does not intend to disproportionately increase the percentage of staff employed on a casual basis during the life of the Agreement. (c) The fundamental feature in the offer and acceptance of a casual appointment is that there is no expectation by the staff member or the University that there will be any employment beyond the appointment offered. A casual appointment may be terminated by either the University or the staff member on one hour’s notice and the requirements in the provisions in this Agreement for managing unsatisfactory performance, misconduct and serious misconduct and ill health do not apply. (d) A casual staff member will not normally be employed to work more than the corresponding full-time hours prescribed for the classification. Casual staff are not entitled to the benefit of any paid leave entitlement in Part 6 of this Agreement except long service. A casual staff member is entitled to unpaid leave for sick, carers’, parental, bereavement/compassionate, jury service, and state emergency call out purposes. 2.5.1 Casual Academic staff (a) Casual Academic staff are appointed to undertake specific duties and may be engaged for relatively few hours, such as for part of a course. Casual Academic staff will be paid in accordance with Schedule 4. Casual Academic staff employed over two consecutive semesters can voluntarily participate in Performance Planning and Review. 2.5.2 Casual Professional staff (a) Casual Professional staff are paid for a minimum of three consecutive hours for each attendance. In instances where an individual’s primary occupation is elsewhere or with the University or the person is a University student, including Library Shelvers, they will be paid for a minimum of one hour for each attendance. Exam invigilators will be paid a minimum of two hours for a one hour exam. In order to meet personal circumstances, a casual staff member can request a minimum engagement of less than three hours where this is suitable to the staff member and the University. (b) Should a casual Professional staff member be engaged on a regular and systematic basis in the same or similar position and same classification either for 12 months at 50% of ordinary working hours, or for at least 24 months the casual can apply in writing for conversion. The University will not unreasonably refuse an application for conversion to a fractional or full-time appointment. However, the University may refuse an application on reasonable grounds, which includes, but is not limited to: that the casual staff member was recently a student, a genuine retiree, is employed elsewhere in the University, does not meet minimum requirements for the position, work will cease to be required or will be performed by non-casual staff within 26 weeks of a conversion application, the staff member does not meet the essential requirements of the position or the work is ad hoc, intermittent, unpredictable or involves hours that are irregular. If the University refuses the application, it must provide written reasons for the decision. (c) Staff converted will not have their casual service count as service for calculating any other entitlements except long service leave and parental leave.

Casual Appointment. (a) Casual appointments are normally offered where there is a need to engage additional staff where the work is irregular, to cover a short-short term absence, to provide industry or professional experience or to provide postgraduate opportunities. Casual staff are engaged by the hour and paid an all-purpose hourly rate which includes a loading of 25 per cent, in lieu of benefits available to ongoing and fixed-term staff, and is derived from the fortnightly salary applicable to the appropriate classification. (b) . The University does not intend to disproportionately increase the percentage of staff employed on a casual basis during the life of the Agreement. (c) . The fundamental feature in the offer and acceptance of a casual appointment is that there is no expectation by the staff member or the University that there will be any employment beyond the appointment offered. A casual appointment may be terminated by either the University or the staff member on one hour’s notice and the requirements in the provisions in this Agreement for managing unsatisfactory performance, misconduct and serious misconduct and ill health do not apply. (d) . A casual staff member will not normally be employed to work more than the corresponding full-time hours prescribed for the classification. Casual staff are not entitled to the benefit of any paid leave entitlement in Part 6 of this Agreement except long service. A casual staff member is entitled to unpaid leave for sick, carers’, parental, bereavement/compassionate, jury service, and state emergency call out purposes. 2.5.1 Casual Academic staff (a) academic staff Casual Academic staff are appointed to undertake specific duties and may be engaged for relatively few hours, such as for part of a course. Casual Academic staff will be paid in accordance with Schedule 4. Casual Academic staff employed over two consecutive semesters can voluntarily participate in Performance Planning and Review. 2.5.2 Casual Professional staff (a) staff Casual Professional staff are paid for a minimum of three consecutive hours for each attendance. In instances where an individual’s primary occupation is elsewhere or with the University or the person is a University student, including Library Shelvers, they will be paid for a minimum of one hour for each attendance. Exam invigilators will be paid a minimum of two hours for a one hour exam. In order to meet personal circumstances, a casual staff member can request a minimum engagement of less than three hours where this is suitable to the staff member and the University. (b) . Should a casual Professional staff member be engaged on a regular and systematic basis in the same or similar position and same classification either for 12 months at 50% of ordinary working hours, or for at least 24 months the casual can apply in writing for conversion. The University will not unreasonably refuse an application for conversion to a fractional or full-time appointment. However, the University may refuse an application on reasonable grounds, which includes, but is not limited to: that the casual staff member was recently a student, a genuine retiree, is employed elsewhere in the University, does not meet minimum requirements for the position, work will cease to be required or will be performed by non-casual staff within 26 weeks of a conversion application, the staff member does not meet the essential requirements of the position or the work is ad hoc, intermittent, unpredictable or involves hours that are irregular. If the University refuses the application, it must provide written reasons for the decision. (c) . Staff converted will not have their casual service count as service for calculating any other entitlements except long service leave and parental leave.