Higher Education Industry-General Staff-Award 2010 - Business SA

12. Casual employment[Varied by PR994510][Numbered as 12.1 by PR994510 from 01Jan10]Higher Education Industry—General Staff—Award 201012.1 Casual employment means a person engaged by the hour and paid on an hourlybasis that includes a loading related to award based benefits for which a casualemployee is not eligible. The casual loading will be 25%.12.2 Minimum period of engagement for casual staff[12.1 renumbered as 12.2 by PR994510 from 01Jan10]The minimum period of engagement for a casual employee will be as follows:(i)(ii)Employees who are students (including postgraduate students) who areexpected to attend the university on that day in their capacity as studentswill have a minimum engagement period of one hour;A student will be taken as being expected for attendance on any Mondayto Friday during the main teaching weeks of the university, other thanpublic holidays as applied at the relevant university;12.3 Casual conversion(iii) Employees with a primary occupation elsewhere (or with the employer)have a minimum period of engagement of one hour; and(iv) All other casuals must have a minimum period of engagement of threehours.[12.2 renumbered as 12.3 by PR994510 from 01Jan10](a)General[12.3 renumbered as 12.3(a) by PR994510 from 01Jan10](i)(ii)An employee must not be engaged and re-engaged nor have their hoursreduced in order to avoid any obligation under this clause.Upon appointment, the employer must advise a casual employee that,after serving qualifying periods, see clause 12.3(b), casual employeesmay have a right to apply for conversion and a copy of the conversionprovisions of this award will be made available to such employees.(iii) The employer must also take reasonable steps from time to time toinform casual employees of the conversion provisions of this award.(iv) An eligible casual employee may apply in writing for conversion to noncasualemployment in accordance with the conversion provisions of thisaward.14 MA000007