AN120505 – Social and Community Services Employees (State) Award
6.1 A fixed term employee may be engaged to work on either a full-time or part-time basis:
(a) For completion of a specifically funded task(s) or project; not subject to recurrent funding; or
(b) To relieve an employee who is undertaking a specifically funded task(s) or projects for a defined period; or
(c) to relieve in a vacant position arising from an employee taking leave in accordance with this Award; or
(d) To relieve in a vacant position arising from an employee taking leave without pay in conjunction with parental leave; or
(e) For the temporary provision of specialist skills that are not available within the organisation for a specified period of time; or
(f) To fill short term vacancies during the recruitment and selection process resulting from the cessation of employment of a permanent employee;
Provided that the term shall not exceed 12 months in the case of (c), (e) or (f).
6.2 A fixed term employee shall not be employed to fill a position previously held by a permanent employee except under circumstances specified in 6.1 above.
6.3 This Award shall apply to a fixed term employee except to the extent that the Award expressly provides that it does not apply.
6.4 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.
6.5 The employer and a fixed term employee may agree to the duration of the period of employment being extended once only, provided that any extension will not exceed six months.
6.6 If a fixed term employee is subsequently appointed to a full-time or part-time position with the employer, any period of the fixed term contract completed immediately prior to the commencement of the full-time or part-time 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.
6.7 Fixed term employees shall be paid a minimum of two hours on each day they work.
