AN170042 – Hairdressing, Health and Beauty Industry Award
(a) Full-Time Employees
Full-time employees shall be engaged by the week.
(b) Part-Time Employment
(i) Part-time employees engaged to work 20 or more hours per week shall be paid per hour 1/38th of the relevant weekly rate and shall be entitled to annual leave, sick leave and the holidays with pay as prescribed in this award.
PROVIDED that the payment for annual leave, sick leave and holidays shall be made at the rate normally paid to such employee for a similar period of time worked.
(ii) Part-time employees engaged to work less than 20 hours per week shall be paid per hour one thirty-eighth of the relevant rate plus an additional 20%, such payment in lieu of annual leave, sick leave and holidays with pay as prescribed in this award.
(c) Casual
(i) A casual employee for working ordinary time shall be paid per hour 1/38th of the relevant weekly rate plus an additional 20%, such payment in lieu of annual leave, sick leave and holidays with pay as prescribed in this award prescribed for a full-time employee engaged at the appropriate classification level.
(ii) The following conditions of employment are applicable to casual employees:
Penalty Rates prescribed in Part V - Holidays with Pay and Leave; Part IV – Hours of Work, Penalty Payments and Overtime; Saturday Work, Sunday Work are applicable to casual employees, in accordance with Part IV – Hours of Work, Penalty Payments and Overtime.
(d) Probationary Employees
(i) Nothing in this award shall be construed as making probationary employment mandatory.
(ii) Probationary employment shall not apply in respect of casual employees.
(iii) An employee may be engaged as a probationary employee during an initial probationary period of not more than 12 weeks. The probation period shall be specified in the contract of employment.
(iv) The employer will provide the probationary employee with feedback about their work performance. Where areas of unsatisfactory performance are identified, the probationary employee will be made aware of the standards of satisfactory performance required and the dates by which they are required to be achieved.
(v) The employer shall complete a probationary review before the end of the probationary period specified in the contract of employment and immediately inform the employee of the outcome of this review under the following terms:
(1) Where the employer has determined that the probationary employee has satisfactorily completed their probation, that their employment will continue; or
(2) Where the employer, as a consequence of the probationary reviews, has determined that the probationary employee has not satisfactorily met the employer’s work performance requirements, the probationary employee shall be informed of the outcome of the final review and shall be given two weeks’ notice of termination of employment or payment in lieu thereof.
(3) Provided that should an employer fail to complete the required final probationary review within the time specified, the employee will be deemed to have successfully completed the probationary employment period, unless the failure to review occurs due to circumstances beyond the employer’s control.
