Conditions applying to building and metal trades staff

This part applies to the following categories of trades and services staff: Carpenters, Electricians, Fitters, Oiler/Greasers, Painters, Plant Attendants, Plumbers, Store Attendants (as defined under clause 3); and Trade Assistants

Section 1 - University and Staff Members' Duties, Employment Relationship and Related Arrangements

65. Casual Employment

65.1 A casual staff member is one engaged in work of a short-term nature for replacement purposes other than under a Fixed-term contract of Employment. For the purposes of this Agreement, work of a short-term nature for replacement purposes shall ordinarily be no more than six months in duration.

65.2 A casual staff member shall be paid per hour of time worked one thirty-eighth of the weekly rate prescribed for the classification in which the staff member is engaged plus the following casual loadings as applicable:

• any and all hours worked any time Monday to Friday - 20 per cent of the ordinary rate of pay;
• any and all hours worked on a Saturday - 25 per cent of the ordinary rate of pay; and
• any and all hours worked on a Sunday - 50 per cent of the ordinary rate of pay.

65.3 Each period of engagement of a casual staff member shall stand alone and shall be treated as an engagement of not less than two hours and be paid for as such at the appropriate rate payable, irrespective of whether the actual duration of the engagement is less than two hours. Provided that this prescribed minimum engagement payment will not apply to casual staff members who are students of the University and who work two or more hours in a fortnightly payroll period.

For the purposes of this clause, “engagement” means the period or periods for which the University notifies the staff member that he/she is so required to attend on any one day.

65.4 Termination of casual Employment shall be by one hour's notice on either side or by the payment or forfeiture, as the case may be, of the remainder of the payment for that engagement or one hour's pay, whichever is the greater. Provided that the University is not obliged to give notice or payment in lieu thereof where the staff member's conduct justifies instant dismissal, and in such circumstances any entitlements under this Agreement are to be paid up to the time of dismissal only.

65.5 Casual staff members have no entitlement to any paid or unpaid leave (including annual leave loading). In addition, any clauses of this Agreement applying specifically to Full-time or part-time staff members or grounds and gardening staff shall have no application to casual staff members under this Part, as well as the following clauses: