AN170101 – Tasmanian Information Technology Industry Award
(a) Casual Employees
(i) A casual employee for working ordinary time shall be paid per hour 1/38th of the weekly rates prescribed for the work which he or she performs. In addition thereto a casual employee shall receive 20 percent of the ordinary hourly rate in respect of each hour for which he or she is paid, such additional amount to be payment in lieu of annual leave, personal leave, and holidays with pay.
(ii) Subject to any different prescription contained elsewhere in this award, no casual employee shall be employed for less than four ordinary hours for work on any given day.
(iii) Penalty rates prescribed in Part VI - Leave and Holidays, Clause 5 - Holidays with Pay, Part V - Hours of Work, Penalty Payments and Overtime, Clauses 1 – Hours of Work and Overtime and 5 - Shift Work are applicable to casual employees, in accordance with Part V - Hours of Work, Penalty Rates for Casuals and Par-time Employees, Clause 3.
(iv) A casual employee shall have only one engagement consisting of consecutive hours per day with any one employer
PROVIDED that by mutual agreement between the employee and the employer an engagement may consist of two periods of work.
(b) Part-time Employees
(i) Part-time employees shall be entitled to the holidays, annual leave and personal leave as prescribed in Part VI - Leave and Holidays, Clauses 1 - Annual Leave, 5 - Holidays with Pay, and 4 - Personal Leave on a pro rata basis.
(ii) The wage rates payable per hour shall be 1/38th of the relevant weekly wage rate.
(iii) By mutual agreement part-time employees may receive 20 percent of the ordinary hourly rate in respect of each hour for which he or she is paid, such additional amount to be payment in lieu of annual leave, personal leave and holidays with pay, in accordance with Part V - Hours of Work, Penalty Payments and Overtime, Clause 3.
A continuing part time employee receiving the loading in lieu of leave shall be entitled to take four weeks unpaid leave per year of service.
(iv) The following penalty provisions are applicable to part-time employees:
Part VI - Leave and Holidays, Clause 5 - Holidays with Pay, Part V - Hours of Work, Penalty Payments and Overtime, Clause 1 – Hours of Work and and Clause 5 - Shift Work.
(v) A part-time employee shall have only one engagement consisting of consecutive hours per day with any one employer.
PROVIDED that by mutual agreement between the employee and the employer an engagement may consist of two periods of work.
(vi) No part-time employee shall be employed for less than four ordinary hours for work performed on any given day.
(c) Fixed Term Employees
(i) Conditions of employment
This award shall apply to a fixed term employee except to the extent that the award expressly provides that it does not apply.
When offering employment on a fixed term basis, the employer shall advise the employee in writing of the temporary nature of the employment, the actual or expected duration of employment, and that employment beyond the period is not expected.
The employer and a fixed term employee may agree to the duration of the period of employment being extended once only and any extension must be for less than twelve months.
If a fixed term employee is subsequently appointed to a permanent position with the employer, any period of the fixed term contract completed immediately prior to the commencement of the permanent position shall be recognised as service with the employer for calculating leave entitlements, provided that the employee has not taken or received payment in lieu of those leave entitlements.
