The NTEU recognises the particular vulnerability of casuals employed in universities and is committed to ensuring that rights, conditions, and pay for all casual staff are protected and improved. A casual employee shall mean a person engaged by the hour and paid on an hourly basis that includes a loading related to award based benefits for which a casual employee is not eligible. A casual employee may be required to work an irregular pattern of hours on an intermittent or irregular basis, for a period not normally exceeding one month.
Employment stops at the end of each engagement.
The hours worked by a casual employee may vary from week to week, and month to month, with possible periods of no employment. An essential feature of casual employment is that there is no expectation of continuity of employment unless stated otherwise, in writing, by the vice-chancellor or the director of human resources. An academic employee may be engaged as a casual employee and will be paid the rates as set out in the Schedule B of the Enterprise Agreement. Sessional employees are not casual employees and have specific conditions outlined in the Enterprise Bargaining Agreement. It is important to retain this letter and any other official documents relating to your employment.