Australia Post General Conditions of Employment Award 1999

AP766597 - Australia Post General Conditions of Employment Award 1999

PART 4 – EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP 

12. CATEGORIES OF EMPLOYEES

12.1 General

12.1.1 Employees will be employed in one of the following categories:

12.1.1(a) Permanent employee; or

12.1.1(b) Fixed term employee; or

12.1.1(c) Casual employee.

12.1.2 The engagement of an employee is subject to the person satisfying the prescribed medical assessments as to health and physical fitness and meeting the prescribed character checks.

12.1.3 An employee in category 12.1.1(a) and 12.1.1(b) can be employed on a full-time or part-time basis.

12.1.4 A part-time employee is an employee who works less than full-time hours of 36 3/4 hours per week or an average of those hours.

12.1.5 At the time of engagement, Australia Post will inform each employee in writing of the terms of their engagement, including:

• type of employment;
• whether a probationary period applies and if so, the expected duration of the period and the maximum duration of the period;
• if the person is engaged as a fixed term employee, the project or task in relation to which the person has been engaged and/or the duration of the engagement; and
• list of the main instruments governing the terms and conditions of employment.

12.2 Permanent Employees

12.2.1 A person engaged as a permanent employee will be on probation for a period of three months or where the employee is subject to a formal training program for the duration of the program, whichever is the longer. After this period, the employment is confirmed or terminated.

12.2.2 An employee on probation must be given one week’s notice of termination or payment in lieu therof. The period of notice in this clause does not apply in the case of termination for serious and wilful misconduct.

12.3 Fixed Term Employees

12.3.1 A fixed term employee is a person engaged for an extended fixed period, or to undertake a specific task.

12.3.2 Where the services of a fixed term employee are terminated before the expiry of the period fixed by the terms of engagement, the employee is entitled to notice in accordance with s. 170CM(2) of the Workplace Relations Act 1996.

12.4 Casual Employees

12.4.1 A casual employee is a person engaged in relieving work or work of a casual, irregular or intermittent nature or of a short term duration and who is engaged and paid by the hour but does not include an employee who could properly be classified as permanent or fixed term.

12.4.2 An employee will not be engaged as a casual to avoid any obligations of this award.