Australia Post General Conditions of Employment Award 1999
AP766597 - Australia Post General Conditions of Employment Award 1999
14. CASUAL EMPLOYEES - CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
14.1 A casual employee is to be paid the normal hourly rate applicable to a permanent employee of the same classification plus a loading of 22.5%.
14.2 A casual employee shall be paid overtime if the daily hours exceed 7 hours 21 minutes. The overtime is paid at the overtime penalty rate applicable to full- time employees on that day.
14.3 Casual employees are entitled to the same ordinary duty penalties as apply to permanent employees for duty on the particular day. Such penalties are in addition to the 22.5% loading on the normal hourly rate.
14.4 Except to the extent provided in this clause and clause 12 – Categories of employees, the provisions of this award do not apply to casual employees.
[14.5 inserted by PR969602; PR969602 cancelled and replaced by PR970166 ppc 15Feb06]
14.5.1 Subject to the evidentiary and notice requirements in clause 26.5, 26.6.2 and 26.6.3, casual employees are entitled to not be available to attend work, or to leave work:
14.5.1(a) if they need to care for members of their immediate family (as defined in clause 26.1) or household who are sick and require care and support, or who require care due to an unexpected emergency, or the birth of a child; or
14.5.1(b) upon the death of an immediate family member (as defined in clause 27.3.2) or household member.
14.5.2 Australia Post and the employee shall agree on the period for which the employee will be entitled to not be available to attend work. In the absence of agreement, the employee is entitled to not be available to attend work for up to 48 hours (i.e. two days) per occasion. The casual employee is not entitled to any payment for the period of non-attendance.
14.5.3 Australia Post must not fail to re-engage a casual employee because the employee accessed the entitlements provided for in this clause. The rights of Australia Post to engage or not to engage a casual employee are otherwise not affected.
