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.