AN120011 – Aged Care General Services (State) Award
(i) (a) A casual employee is one engaged on an hourly basis otherwise than as a full-time employee, permanent part-time employee or part-time worker.
(b) A casual employee may only be engaged in the following circumstances: for short-term periods where there is a need to supplement the workforce arising from fluctuations in the needs of the facility; or in the place of another employee who is absent; or in an emergency.
(ii) A casual employee shall be paid an hourly rate calculated on the basis of one-thirty-eighth of the appropriate rate, prescribed by Part B, Table 1 Rates of Pay, plus ten per cent thereof, with a minimum payment of two hours for each start and one-thirty-eighth of the uniform and laundry allowances where a uniform is not supplied in accordance with clause 25, Uniforms and Protective Clothing.
(iii) For weekend and public holiday work, casual employees shall in lieu of the 10% casual allowance, receive the penalty rates prescribed in clause 12, Penalty Rates and Shift Allowances, and clause 13, Public Holidays.
(iv) Overtime rates shall be payable on the hourly rate (1/38th) in lieu of the 10% casual loading.
(v) For the entitlement to annual leave, see Annual Holidays Act 1944.
(vi) For the entitlement to long service leave, see Long Service Leave Act 1955.
(vii) The following clauses of this award shall not apply to casual employees: 5, Roster of Hours; 14, Annual Leave; 15, Annual Leave Loading; 16, Long Service Leave; 17, Sick Leave; 19, Compassionate Leave; 21, Service Allowance; 23, Leading Hands; 24, Relieving other Members of Staff.
