AT773671CRV - Community Pharmacy Award 1998 [Transitional]
13.1 A casual employee shall be paid at the appropriate rate prescribed in 15.1 plus an additional loading of 20 per cent.
13.2 Casual employees shall receive the same penalty rates as full-time and part-time employees in addition to the casual loading (for example if the penalty rate is 50% then the casual will be paid 1.7 times the ordinary rate).
13.3 Casual employees shall be paid at overtime rates for all work in excess of ordinary hours of work.
13.4 Where a casual employee cannot conveniently return home on completion of each day’s work, suitable accommodation shall be arranged and paid for by the employer. In addition the employee shall be reimbursed fares expended in travelling to the job, and in returning to home on its completion.
13.5 This clause applies to Victoria only.
13.5.1 A casual Pharmacist called upon to relieve the proprietor or manager of a pharmacy shall be deemed to be a casual Pharmacist-in-Charge and paid as follows:
13.5.1(a) For all hours worked between the hours of 9.00 am and 6.00 pm Monday to Friday at the appropriate Pharmacist-in-Charge grade in accordance with 15.2.1.
13.5.1(b) For all other hours as a Pharmacist-in-Charge, Grade 1.
13.5.1(c) For all work outside the ordinary hours of work a casual shall be paid double time.
[13.6 deleted by S0092 ppc 12Oct99]
13.6 Caring Responsibilities
[new 13.6 inserted by PR969389 ppc 27Feb06]
13.6.1 Subject to the evidentiary and notice requirements in 27.1.2 and 27.1.4, casual employees are entitled not to be available to attend work, or to leave work:
13.6.1(a) if they need to care for members of their immediate family 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
13.6.1(b) upon the death in Australia of an immediate family or household member
13.6.2 The employer 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 two days per occasion. The casual employee is not entitled to any payment for the period of non-attendance.
13.6.3 An employer must not fail to re-engage a casual employee because the employee accessed the entitlements provided for in this clause. The rights of an employer to engage or not to engage a casual employee are otherwise not affected.
