AN170068 – Mobile Crane Hire Award
(a) Employment shall be either weekly or casual hire.
(b) Weekly Hire
Except as provided in subclause (c) an employee shall be engaged by the week.
(c) Casual Employment
(i) A casual employee is one engaged and paid in accordance with the provisions of this clause. A casual employee shall be entitled to all of the applicable rates and conditions of employment prescribed by this Award except annual leave, personal leave, parental leave, jury service, public holidays, notice of termination and redundancy.
(ii) An employer when engaging a person for casual employment must inform the employee in writing that the employee is to be employed as a casual, stating by whom the employee is employed, the job to be preformed, the classification level, the actual or likely number of hours to be worked, and the relevant rate of pay.
(iii) A casual employee for working ordinary time shall be paid 125 per cent of one thirty-eighth of the relevant Weekly Rate (i.e. the hourly rate), prescribed by Part III - WAGES AND RELATED MATTERS Clause 1, for the employee’s classification.
(iv) A casual employee required to work overtime, or on a Saturday, or on a Sunday, or on a public holiday, shall be entitled to the relevant penalty rates prescribed by Part IV – HOURS OF WORK, SHIFTWORK AND OVERTIME Clause 3 provided that :
(1) where the relevant penalty is time and one half, the employee shall be paid 175 per cent of the hourly rate for the employee’s classification; and
(2) where the relevant penalty rate is double time, the employee shall be paid 225 per cent of the hourly rate for the employee’s classification; and
(3) where the relevant penalty rate is double time and a half, the employee shall be paid 275 per cent of the hourly rate for the employee’s classification.”
