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Australian National University Enterprise Agreement 2005-2008

Part Two — Appointments | Section 1 — Types of Appointments

12. Casual Employment

12.1 A casual appointment is one where the employee is not appointed on a continuing basis and is normally required to work an irregular pattern of hours on an intermittent or irregular basis.

12.2 An essential feature of casual appointments is that there is no expectation of continuity of employment and the appointment may be terminated in accordance with clause 73.

12.3 A casual staff member will be paid a casual loading in lieu of all paid leave entitlements, including long service leave. The casual loading will be 23%:

12.4 Circumstances of casual, general staff appointments

12.4.1 A casual, general staff member may be appointed where the work involves an irregular pattern of hours or is on an intermittent or irregular basis.

12.4.2 A casual, general staff member may be appointed where the work involves a regular pattern of hours or is on a regular basis where:

12.4.2(a) the appointment is to replace a standard or fixed term staff member who is absent from work, in which case the duration of the appointment must not exceed the period of such absence; or

12.4.2(b) the appointment is to fill a vacancy during a selection process; or

12.4.2(c) the duration of the appointment is for less than 6 months; or

12.4.2(d) the number of regular hours per fortnight is less than 14.

12.5 Casual, general staff minimum hours

12.5.1 Subject to sub-clauses 12.5.2 to 12.5.6, the minimum engagement for a casual, general staff member is 3 hours.

12.5.2 The minimum engagements listed in the following table will apply to those staff members employed to perform the corresponding type of work listed in the table.

Type of staff member Minimum engagement per day (hours)
Actors 2
Child care workers 2.5
Hospitality workers including persons employed in any capacity in connection with accommodation, with the selling of drinks, preparing and serving food and drinks, cleaning and attending to the premises and all other services associated therewith. 2
Security officers, Security guards, mobile patrol persons, control room operators 1
Building and maintenance including tradespersons (other than electricians) and all maintenance workers employed in relation to building 1
Nurses, nurse educators, nurse managers or nursing consultants 1
Aged and disability care workers 2
Attendants/employees in residential colleges or halls of residence 1
Gardeners including all employees engaged in the performance of work in or in connection with, or incidental to the industrial pursuits of gardening and green keeping, including ground keepers 1
Scribes or note takers employed for the purpose of assisting disabled students to take lecture or tutorial notes 1
Pastoral and farm workers including all staff employed in: the management, rearing or grazing of sheep, cattle, horses or other livestock; the sowing, raising or harvesting of crops; the preparation and treatment of land for any of these purposes; and, the shearing or crutching of sheep 1


12.5.3 A staff member who is a student (including a post graduate student), and who is expected to attend the University on the day in question in his or her capacity as a student shall have a minimum engagement of 1 hour.

12.5.4 Without limiting the scope of this clause, for the purpose of this clause, a student will be taken as being expected for attendance on any Monday to Friday during the main teaching weeks of the University, other than public holidays.

12.5.5 A staff member who has a primary occupation with another employer, or who has a primary occupation within the University in other than the casual appointment in question, will have a minimum engagement of 1 hour.

12.5.6 In order to meet his or her personal circumstances, a casual staff member may request, and his or her supervisor may agree, to an engagement for less than the minimum specified in this sub-clause (sub-clause 12.5).

12.6 Casual, general staff conversion

12.6.1 A casual, general staff member may, subject to the provisions of Schedule 7, be entitled to have his or her appointment converted to a non-casual appointment.

12.7 Casual/sessional academic employment

12.7.1 Casual academic staff employed for lecturing, demonstrating and tutoring will:

12.7.1(a) not be responsible for the engagement of other staff;

12.7.1(b) not be required to engage in research duties (for the purpose of this sub-clause preparation for teaching and course/subject development is not regarded as research);

12.7.1(c) only be involved in administration to the extent that is necessary to support their primary teaching related function;

12.7.1(d) not be responsible for the supervision of other staff;

12.7.1(e) not have sole academic or decision making responsibility for the development of an on-line teaching and learning course; and

12.7.1(f) be paid at the rates specified in S3.3 of Schedule 3 of this Agreement, which include the loading specified in sub-clause 12.3.

12.7.2 A casual/sessional academic staff member will not be engaged by the University for lectures, tutorials or demonstrations for 60% or more of the time of teaching contact hours expected of a full time staff member of similar designation within the academic organisational unit.

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