9.1 Work Models
Casual staff may work in accordance with any of the hours of work models applicable to support staff; that is, Standard Day Work (refer to Section 4.1), Shift Work (refer to Section 4.2) or Alternative Hours Arrangements (refer to Section 4.3). They also have access to an “Agreed Hours Arrangement” which is a form of Alternative Hours Arrangement.
An Agreed Hours Arrangement will apply when a casual staff member chooses to perform work outside of the span of hours to suit their personal circumstances and this is supported by their supervisor and the Dean/Director (or nominee) and approved by the Director, Human Resources (or nominee). A casual staff member working under an Agreed Hours Arrangement will not be entitled to shift loadings and specific overtime arrangements will apply (refer to 9.3 below). A casual staff member may apply for an Agreed Hours Arrangement by completing an Agreed Hours Arrangement – Casual Staff Form at http://www.hru.uts.edu.au/manual/forms/conditions.html (under the heading, Variation of Employment).
9.2 Minimum period of engagement
The minimum period of engagement for a casual staff member is three hours, regardless of whether there is a requirement to be in attendance for three hours of work, except for a casual staff member who:
(a) is a student (undergraduate or post graduate) and who is expected to attend the University on that day in his/her capacity as a student, shall have a minimum engagement of one hour. Without limiting the generality of this Clause, for the purpose of this Clause, a student will be taken as being expected for attendance on any Monday to Friday during the main teaching weeks of the University, other than public holidays
(b) has a primary occupation with another employer, or who has their primary occupation within the University in other than the casual employment in question, will have a minimum engagement of one hour
(c) in order to meet his/her personal circumstances, requests and his/her supervisor agrees to an engagement for less than three hours.
The minimum period of engagement will not normally apply to Alternative Hours or Agreed Hours Arrangements.
9.3 Overtime
Overtime for casual staff must be approved by a supervisor in advance of the time being worked. Overtime for casual staff must be paid (time in lieu of overtime is not available). Overtime for casual staff is calculated in the same way as for non-casual staff (refer to section 6.2). When calculating payment of overtime for a casual staff member, the casual loading is removed.
Overtime for casual staff will occur when a staff member is required to work as set out below:
Standard Day Work
- more than seven hours in any day
- outside of the ordinary span of hours for day staff (ie 7.00am to 7.00pm, Monday to Friday)
Alternative Hours Arrangement
- outside of the ordinary span of hours for day staff (ie 7.00am to 7.00pm, Monday to Friday)
- more than nine hours in any day
- more than 45 hours in any week
- more than 140 hours in the four-week cycle
Agreed Hours Arrangements
- more than nine hours in any day
- more than 45 hours in any week
- more than 140 hours in the four-week cycle
Note: the staff member will not be eligible for overtime for work performed outside the normal span of hours (ie for day staff 7am to 7pm Monday to Friday and Saturday/Sunday) because of the nature of the Agreed Hours Arrangement
Shift Work
- more than seven hours in any day
Note: Overtime payments will be in substitution for, and not cumulative upon, shift loadings.
9.4 Shift loadings
Only casual staff designated as Shift Workers will be eligible to be paid shift loadings. Staff working on Agreed Hours Arrangements will not be entitled to shift loadings because of the nature of the Agreed Hours Arrangement.
9.5 Meal breaks, rest pauses and minimum breaks
The same arrangements apply as for non-casual support staff (refer to section 7).
9.6 On-call
Casual staff cannot be rostered to be on-call.
9.7 Claim for casual work
Casual support staff must submitt a claim using Online pay claims each fortnight in order to receive payment for the work performed, including any overtime or shift loadings. The claim must be approved by their supervisor and submitted to the Pay Office before the fortnightly pay deadline.
