This Casual Work Contract should be used when employers have variable demands for staff. Under a casual work contract, the Employer has no obligation to offer work to an individual and the individual is not required to accept the work when it is offered. For situations where the Employer is under no obligation to offer an Employee work but, when it does, the Employee is required to accept the offer, please see the Zero Hours Contract.
Casual workers are not considered to be employees working under a contract of employment because there is no mutuality of obligation and, under this contract, there is no continuing employment relationship between assignments. However, employers should ensure that assignments are of short duration and there is a sufficient gap between assignments (i.e. more than a week) to avoid claims that assignments are linked under a ‘global’ contract (see Zero Hours Contract).
This Casual Work Contract contains the following clauses:
1. General
2. No Continuous Service
3. Hours of Work
4. Remuneration
5. Assignments
6. Holidays
7. Sickness Absence
8. Governing Law
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