Casual Conversion Process Clause Samples

Casual Conversion Process. (a) This clause sets out the process for long term casual employees to apply for conversion to either continuing or fixed-term employment. An employee will not be engaged and re- engaged nor have his/her hours reduced in order to avoid any obligation under this clause. (b) To be eligible to apply for conversion, a casual employee must be employed on a regular and systematic basis in the same or a substantially similar position in the same work unit either: (i) over the immediately preceding period of 12 months and in those immediately preceding twelve months the average weekly hours worked equalled at least 50% of the ordinary weekly hours that would have been worked by an equivalent full-time employee; or (ii) over the immediately preceding period of at least 24 months. For the purposes of this clause occasional and short term work performed by the employee in another classification, job or work unit will not: • affect the employee's eligibility for conversion; or • be included in determining whether the employee meets or does not meet the eligibility requirements. For the purpose of this clause, "work unit" refers to an organisational unit with control over the appointment and deployment of casual general staff within that unit. (c) Conversion may be applied for in writing by an employee when an employee believes he/she meets the above criteria. The University will take reasonable steps from time to time to inform casual employees that they may have a right to apply for conversion under this clause. (d) The University may only refuse an application for conversion on reasonable grounds. Reasonable grounds include, but are not limited to, the following: (i) the employee is a student, or has recently been a student, other than where her/his status as a student is irrelevant to his/her engagement and the work required; (ii) the employee is a genuine retiree; (iii) the employee is performing work which will either cease to be required or will be performed by a non-casual employee, within 26 weeks (from the date of application); (iv) the employee has a primary occupation with the University or elsewhere, either as an employee or as a self-employed person; (v) the employee does not meet the essential requirements of the position; or (vi) the work is ad hoc, intermittent, unpredictable or involves hours that are irregular. (e) The University must determine an application for conversion either by offering conversion to continuing or fixed-term employment or by re...