Casual Employee  

• As a casual employee you will work on an hourly or daily basis.  
• Your work roster may change on a weekly basis. that is: one week you may work 20 hours on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday and another week only 10 hours on a Thursday or a Friday. You may be able to negotiate the days you can and cannot work.
• You normally will not be paid sick or annual leave, however, the hourly rate of pay should be higher than normal to compensate for this.

Part-time Employee

•  As a part-time employee you will work regular hours each week
• You will receive sick and annual leave entitlements on a pro rata basis (this is determined by the number of hours you work)

Full-time Employee

• As a full time employee you would work aproxiametly 38 hours a week (but as an international student you can only do this during teaching breaks)
• You will receive sick and annual leave entitelements

Am I an employee or a contractor? 

• An independent contractor normally use their own equipment, and choose when and how they work
• Be careful of employers who disguise employment using terms such as "contractor", this may be done to to avoid paying  minimum rates of pay, tax and other workplace entitlements.  Known as "sham contracting" this is against the law.
• to find out more about Independent Contractor Laws click here:

Your rights at work, you should know:

What should not happen at work:  

the minimum rate of pay 

 an unpaid work trial

the number of hours you will work

 not receiving a pay slip

when you will be paid (e.g every second Thursday)

losing pay due to customers who have not paid or if the cash register does not balance

if you will receive a higher rate for working public holidays, nights or weekends

being sent home early - unless you and your employer agree

the minimum number of hours you will be rostered on a shift

 being paid in goods or services

when and how often you can take a break

 being sacked because of your:

• race
• gender
• religion
• colour
• sexual preference
• marital status
• pregnancy

Finding work in Canberra  

Register on Career Hub to locate casual and part time employment opportunities 

Where to find more help or information about working in Australia

You may be asked to sign a a document which stipulates the type of work conditions, you should read this carefully before you sign it. You can seek legal advice from the ANUSA/PARSA Legal Officer. 

Don Malcolmson 

Email:

sa.legal@anu.edu.au

Telephone:

6125 0670

Address:

Students' Association
Affiliated Organisations
Building 17A,  

The Workplace Ombudsman

Contact the Ombudsman if you think that you may not be receiving your minimum  rights and conditions at work. The Work Ombudsman site has a variety  of useful tools and information.

Email: use the "Contact  us" form at

http://www.wo.gov.au/ 

Web:  

http://www.wo.gov.au/  

Telephone:

1300 724 200 

Workplace Authority (WA)

Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC)

Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)

Australian Tax Office (ATO)

Contact the ATO about anymatters relating to tax and supperanuation

http://www.ato.gov.au/

Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC)

Contact DIAC about your student visa etc

http://www.immi.gov.au/