AN150140 – Social and Community Services Award

CLAUSE 4.3 PART-TIME EMPLOYEES
OPDATE 04:11:2005 on and from

4.3.1 A part-time employee is a person (other than a casual employee) who is engaged to work regularly for an average of fifteen ordinary hours or more per week but less than an average of thirty eight ordinary hours per week.

4.3.2 For the purposes of this definition any hours worked by an employee to replace temporarily another employee absent from duty which are in addition to those for which the employee is normally rostered will not affect the original contract of employment.

4.3.3 A part-time employee will work regular hours and days in accordance with clause 6.1.3, provided that the minimum hours of duty for a part-time employee will be three hours for each shift.

4.3.4 For ordinary working hours a part-time employee will be paid the hourly rate as prescribed in Schedule 1 for the work performed and will be entitled to payment on a pro-rata basis for annual leave, sick leave and public holidays.

4.3.5 A part-time employee will be entitled to sick, carer’s and annual leave as provided in Part 7 of this Award, on a pro rata basis according to the average number of hours usually worked per week, as set out in the following table:

Hours Usually Worked	Hours of Sick Leave Entitlement	Hours of Annual Leave Entitlement pro rata of:
Per week	Per week	4 weeks	5 weeks
15	0.58	60	75
16	0.62	64	80
17	0.65	68	85
18	0.69	72	90
19	0.73	76	95
20	0.77	80	100
21	0.81	84	105
22	0.85	88	110
23	0.88	92	115
24	0.92	96	120
25	0.96	100	125
26	1.00	104	130
27	1.04	108	135
28	1.08	112	140
29	1.12	116	145
30	1.15	120	150
31	1.19	124	155
32	1.23	128	160
33	1.27	132	165
34	1.31	136	170
35	1.35	140	175
36	1.39	144	180
37	1.43	148	185
37.5	1.45	150	187.5