Casual employment

Casual employment

Casual employment is an Australian employment classification under Australian workplace law whereby an employee is paid a higher per hour wage (at least 20%) in lieu of not having their employment guaranteed, and lacking other usual employment conditions such as sick leave. [ [http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:KiSQ3JbY4GYJ:www.docep.wa.gov.au/lr/labourrelations/content/Types%2520of%2520Employment/Pages/Casual%2520Employment.html+casual+employment&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=au&client=firefox-a Department of Consumer and Employment Protection, Government of Western Australia] ] 28% of all Australian workers were employed on a casual basis in 2003. [ [http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:HPeaG4LMP44J:www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/RN/2003-04/04rn53.pdf+casual+employment&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=au&client=firefox-a Parliamentary Library, Department of Parliamentary services] ]

Casual employees are often contacted regularly by their employers to arrange working times from week to week. As there is no expectation in a casual work contract between employee and employer of ongoing work, employees can legally refuse a specific work opportunity at any time. [ [http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:yF_S0pevveEJ:www.docep.wa.gov.au/lr/labourrelations/Media/53826_AO_Cas_Perm_Em.pdf+casual+employment&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=au&client=firefox-a DOCEP, Government of Western Australia] ]

Under various workplace awards, employment classification can change if a certain number of hours is worked in a particular time frame. [ [http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:yF_S0pevveEJ:www.docep.wa.gov.au/lr/labourrelations/Media/53826_AO_Cas_Perm_Em.pdf+casual+employment&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=au&client=firefox-a DOCEP, Government of Western Australia] ]

See also

*Australian Fair Pay and Conditions Standard
*Contingent Workforce
*Contingent work
*Employment

References


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