When the casual daily rate applies and when the casual hourly rate applies

Where a casual teacher or tutor/instructor is engaged to work for 5 hours or more, they will be paid the casual daily rate.

Where a casual teacher or tutor/instructor is engaged for less than 5 hours, they will be paid the casual hourly rate for each hour that they attend work other than:

• timetabled tea breaks (for which no more than 15 minutes will be deducted), and
• timetabled lunch breaks.

The casual daily and hourly rates are set out in clause 16.1(c) and calculated in accordance with clause 16.2.

What the casual hourly rate compensates for

The casual hourly rate also compensates for some reasonable additional administration, assessment and consultation work. This is work that’s connected with attending work but performed outside the period of attendance.

An example would be undertaking some preparation work before a face-to-face teaching session.

How the casual hourly rate includes compensation for additional work

As well as the 25% casual loading, the casual hourly rate has an additional amount built in to compensate for additional work. This is why it’s much higher than the hourly rate for non-casual employees.

This additional amount is built in by how the casual hourly rate is calculated. This is done by dividing the casual daily rate (which already includes the 25% casual loading) by 5, even though the standard day is 7.6 hours.

Example

The casual daily rate for a Level 1 teacher is $314.41. The casual hourly rate is calculated as follows:

$314.41 ÷ 5 = $62.88

Why clause 14.3(c) multipliers don’t apply to the casual hourly rate

Multipliers are applied to contact hours worked by full-time and part-time teachers and tutors/instructors to compensate for work such as administration, assessment and consultation. The multipliers are set out in clause 14.3(c).

The multipliers don’t apply to the casual hourly rate. This is because applying them to the casual hourly rate would result in a double entitlement.

Example

The hourly rate for a casual Level 1 teacher is $62.88

The hourly rate for a full-time or part-time Level 1 teacher is $33.12

When the 25% casual loading is applied to the full-time or part-time hourly rate, the result is $41.40, which is lower than the casual hourly rate.

The casual hourly rate is calculated by dividing the casual daily rate by 5. This means the rate is worked out on the basis of a 5-hour divisor, rather than a 7.6-hour day.

When a part-time teacher works for 5 hours, a multiplier of 1.5 is applied to their hours, for a total of 7.5 hours’ for pay purposes.

If the casual daily rate of $314.41 is divided by 7.5, the result is $41.92. This is similar to the full-time or part-time hourly rate plus casual loading.

This demonstrates how applying the multiplier to the casual hourly rate would compensate them twice for the same work.