AN150130 – Retail Industry (South Australia) Award
CLAUSE 4.4 CASUAL EMPLOYEES
OPDATE 15:03:2006 1st pp on or after
4.4.1 Employees specifically engaged under a contract of hiring less than weekly shall be deemed to be casual employees hired by the hour.
4.4.2 Casual employees shall be paid a minimum rate higher by 20% than the appropriate weekly rate prescribed by Clause 5.2 Wages. In calculating the hourly rate for a casual employee, the weekly rate as increased by the 20% casual loading shall be divided by 38 and the result rounded off to the nearest cent.
4.4.3 Casual employees shall receive a minimum period of engagement of 3 hours for each engagement. Junior casual employees who work between 4.00pm and 6.00pm Monday to Friday shall be subject to a minimum period of engagement of 1.5 hours within the period specified in this paragraph. Should such an employee work between 6.00pm and 6.30pm, the employee shall be entitled to a minimum period of engagement of 2 hours for work performed between 4.00pm and 6.30pm.
4.4.4 With the exception of clause 4.11.3, clauses 4.11 and 4.12 shall not apply to casual employees.
4.4.5 Wages payable to casual employees who are paid pursuant to Schedule 3 (other than canteen employees) are governed by clause 4.8 and not by the provisions of this clause.
4.4.6 This clause does not apply to casual employees paid pursuant to Schedule 4. Such employees shall be paid the appropriate wages set out in column 3 of Schedule 4.
