Casual Employment Contract Template Template

CASUAL EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT This Casual Employment Contract is made on [Start Date] between: EMPLOYER: [Company Name] (ABN [Company ABN]) of [Company Address] ("the Employer") EMPLOYEE: [Employee Full Name] ("the Employee") 1. NATURE OF EMPLOYMENT The Employer engages the Employee on a casual basis as [Position Title] from [Start Date]. The Employee is engaged for each separate engagement only. There is no firm advance commitment to continuing or indefinite work and no expectation that the Employer will offer further work or that the Employee will accept any work offered. 2. APPLICABLE AWARD This contract is governed by the [Applicable Award] (or successor instrument) and the National Employment Standards under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth). The Employee is engaged at the [Award Classification / Level] classification. 3. CASUAL LOADING The Employee will be paid a casual hourly rate of [Casual Hourly Rate (incl. 25% loading)], which includes a 25% casual loading. The casual loading is paid in lieu of, and to compensate the Employee for, the entitlements that casuals do not receive (annual leave, personal/carer's leave, redundancy pay, paid public holidays not worked, and notice of termination). The casual loading is identifiable and separately quantifiable as 25% of the underlying base rate. 4. HOURS OF WORK Engagement times will be confirmed by the Employer for each shift. Where the applicable award provides a minimum engagement period (typically three hours, but check the award), the Employee will be paid for at least that minimum each engagement. 5. SUPERANNUATION The Employer shall pay superannuation contributions in accordance with the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 (currently 12% of ordinary time earnings). 6. CASUAL CONVERSION The Employee may give the Employer written notice under the employee choice pathway in the Fair Work Act 2009 (section 66AAB) that they wish to change to permanent employment, if the Employee has been employed for at least 6 months — 12 months where the Employer is a small business employer — and believes they no longer meet the definition of a casual employee. The Employer must consult the Employee and respond in writing within 21 days, and may refuse only on the grounds the Act allows (for example, that the Employee still meets the definition of a casual employee, or fair and reasonable operational grounds). The Employer will give the Employee the Casual Employment Information Statement at the start of employment and again at the intervals the Act requires. 7. TERMINATION Either party may end this engagement at any time without notice, in accordance with the casual employment arrangements under the Fair Work Act 2009. 8. POLICIES The Employee agrees to comply with the Employer's lawful and reasonable workplace policies including health and safety policies and any code of conduct. 9. CONFIDENTIALITY The Employee will not disclose confidential information of the Employer or its customers, during or after engagement. SIGNED by [Company Name]: ____________________________________ Date: ________________ SIGNED by [Employee Full Name]: ____________________________________ Date: ________________ Note: This casual contract relies on a clearly identifiable casual loading. If the loading is not identifiable on payslips, the casual classification may be challenged and the worker re-characterised as permanent. Pay slips must show the loading separately.