Casual Employment 24.1 A casual Employee is an Employee employed on an occasional basis and whose work pattern is not regular and systematic. When a person is engaged on a casual basis, they will be supplied in writing that the engagement is to be as a casual, the job to be performed, the classification level, the actual or likely length of engagement including number of hours to be worked per week, and the relevant rate of pay.
24.2 A casual Employee shall be entitled to all of the applicable rates and conditions of employment prescribed by this Agreement except annual leave, personal leave, and payment for public holidays on which no work is performed. A casual Employee is entitled to unpaid bereavement leave, domestic violence leave and unpaid career’s leave.
24.3 Except on Saturdays and Sundays, on each occasion a casual Employee is required to attend work, the Employee shall be entitled to payment for a minimum of eight (8) hours work (with 0.8 of an hour on each of these days accruing toward an RDO) plus the relevant fares and travel allowance prescribed by clause 0 below. On Saturdays and Sundays, a casual Employee is entitled to payment for a minimum of four (4) hours, plus the relevant fares and travel allowance prescribed by clause 0 below.
24.4 A casual Employee for working ordinary time shall be paid 125% of the hourly rate prescribed in APPENDIX 1 for the Employee's classification.
24.5 A casual Employee required to work overtime, or weekend work shall be entitled to the relevant penalty rates prescribed in this Agreement:
(a) where the relevant penalty rate is time and a half, the Employee shall be paid 175% of the hourly rate prescribed by APPENDIX 1 for the Employee's classification
(b) where the relevant penalty rate is double time, the Employee shall be paid 225% of the hourly rate prescribed by APPENDIX 1 for the Employee's classification; and
(c) where the relevant penalty is a public holiday, the Employee shall be paid 275% of the hourly rate prescribed by APPENDIX 1 for the Employee's classification.
24.6 For the purposes of clarity, the applicable contributions to BUSSQ, XXXX, CIPQ and BEWT or other funds nominated herein, must be made by the Employer in respect of casual Employees. A casual Employee shall also be entitled to receive, in addition to their casual rate, penalty payments for Overtime, work performed on weekends, work performed on public holidays and RDOs, Domestic Violence leave and unpaid cultural leave.
24.7 Termination of all casual engagements shall require one hour's notice by either the Employer or Employee, or the payment or forfeiture of one hour's pay, as the case may be. This clause will not reduce the entitlements of injured Employees.
