Casual and part-time work
Many ALIA members are engaged in work which is short-term, or for limited hours per week. Much of this work is wrongly regarded as 'casual' work. Genuine casual work is irregular. Casual employees have no guarantee of continuing work and each period of employment is legally separate. For this reason, entitlements to annual and sick leave do not accrue.
In recognition of this, a loading of 20 per cent of wages is paid in lieu of these entitlements. Employees who work regular reduced hours are not casuals and should be paid as part-time workers accruing, pro rata, all entitlements that apply to full-time workers.
For genuine casual work, the formula for calculating hourly rates is as follows:
[minimum annual salary] x 1.2
52.2 x [hours in a standard week] |
Example: Librarian [extensive professional experience]
minimum annual salary [$40 000]
weeks per year [52.2] |
= $766.28 per week |
weekly wage [$766.28]
hours per week [38] |
= $20.165 per hour |
hourly rate [$20.165] plus 20 per cent loading in lieu of entitlements = $20.165 x 1.2 = $24.20
| casual rate = $24.20 per hour |
...or, using the formula shown above:
[minimum annual salary] x 1.2
52.2 x [hours in a standard week] |
= |
40 000 x 1.2
52.2 x 38 |
= |
48 000
1983.6 |
= $24.20 per hour |
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