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The Varied Australian National University Enterprise Agreement 2005 - 2009

Part Two – Appointments


21.   Employment conditions for casual general staff

21.1. 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.'

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

(a) the appointment is to replace a continuing, continuing (contingent funded) 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
(b) the appointment is to fill a vacancy during a selection process; or
(c) the duration of the appointment is for less than 6 months; or
(d) the number of regular hours per fortnight is less than 14.

21.3. The minimum engagement for a casual, general staff member is 3 hours except as follows:

Type of staff member

Minimum engagement per day

Simulated patient staff

3.5 hours

Child care workers,

2.5 Hours

Hospitality, cleaners, actors, aged and disability care workers

2 Hours

Security officers, building/maintenance workers, tradespersons (other than electricians) grounds/garden workers, pastoral and farm workers

 

1 Hour

 

Scribes/note takers, attendants/employees in residential colleges or Halls of Residence

Nurses, nurse educators, nurse managers or nursing consultants

A staff member who has another primary occupation with another employer or the University

 

21.4. A staff member who is a student (including a postgraduate 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.

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

21.6. 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 clause 21.3 (Minimum hours).


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