AN120185 – Draughting Employees, Planners, Technical Employees, &c (State) Award
Summary
This clause describes the various categories of employment under this award.
4.2.1 Probationary Employment
4.2.1(a) An employer may initially engage a full-time or part-time employee for a period of probationary employment for the purpose of determining the employee's suitability for ongoing employment. The employee must be advised in advance that the employment is probationary and of the duration of the probation which can be up to but not exceed three months.
4.2.1(b) A probationary employee is for all purposes of the award a full-time or part-time employee.
4.2.1(c) Probationary employment forms part of an employee's period of continuous service for all purposes of the award, except where otherwise specified in this award.
4.2.2 Full-time Employment
Any employee not specifically engaged as being a part-time or casual employee is for all purposes of this award a full-time employee, unless otherwise specified in the award.
4.2.3 Casual Employment
A casual employee is one engaged and paid as such. A casual employee for working ordinary time shall be paid one thirty eighth of the weekly award wage prescribed herein for the work which he or she performs, plus 15 per cent.
4.2.4 Part-time Employment
4.2.4(a) An employee may be engaged to work on a part-time basis involving a regular pattern of hours which shall average less than 38 hours per week
4.2.4(b)
(i) Before commencing part-time employment, the employee and employer must agree:
(1) upon the hours to be worked by the employee, the days upon which they will be worked and the commencing and finishing times for the work;
(2) upon the classification applying to the work to be performed in accordance with Clause 5.1 of this award;
(ii) Except as otherwise provided in this Award a part-time employee is entitled to be paid for the hours agreed upon in accordance which 4.2.4(b)(i)(1).
(iii) The terms of this agreement may be varied by consent.
(iv) The terms of this agreement or any variation to it shall be in writing and retained by the employer. A copy of the agreement and any variation to it shall be provided to the employee by the employer.
4.2.4(c) The terms of this award shall apply pro rata to part-time employees on the basis that ordinary weekly hours for full-time employees are 38.
4.2.4(d) Overtime
A part-time employee who is required by the employer to work in excess of the hours agreed upon in accordance with 4.2.4(b) (i) and (iii), shall be paid overtime in accordance with clause 6.5 of this award.
4.2.4(e) Public Holidays
Where the part-time employee's normal paid hours fall on a public holiday prescribed in clause 7.7 and work is not performed by the employee, such employee shall not lose pay for the day. Where the employee works on the holiday, such employee shall be paid in accordance with Clause 7.7 of this award.
4.2.5 Employment for a Specific Period of Time or a Specific Task or Tasks
4.2.5(a) An employee may be engaged on a full time or part time basis for a specific period of time or for specific task/s.
4.2.5(b) The details of the specific period of time or specific task/s shall be set out in writing and retained by the employer. The employer shall provide a copy to the employee.
4.2.5(c) An employee engaged in accordance with 4.2.5(a) is for all purposes of the award a full-time or part-time employee, except where otherwise specified in this award.
4.2.5(d) Service under a contract of employment for a specific period of time or specific task/s shall form part of an employee's period of continuous service, where such employee is engaged as a full-time or part-time employee immediately following such contract of employment.
4.2.6 Apprentices
4.2.6(a) The terms of this award will apply to apprentices (including adult apprentices, as defined) except where it is otherwise stated or where special provisions are stated to apply. Apprentices may be engaged in trades or occupations provided for in this clause where declared or recognised by an Apprenticeship Authority.
4.2.6(b) Apprenticeship Authority shall mean the Commissioner of Vocational Training appointed under the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Act 2001, the Vocational Training Tribunal constituted under the Act or the Industrial Relation Commission established by the Industrial Relations Act 1996.
4.2.7 Trainees
The parties to this Award shall observe the terms of the Metal Trades (Training Wage)(State) Award.
4.2.8 Junior tracers
The terms of this award apply to junior tracers except where otherwise stated or where special provisions are stated to apply.
