Casual Work Contract

If you find yourself asking 'what is a casual work contract?’ please click on Casual Worker / Zero Hours Comparison.

Unhelpfully, the terms ‘casual workers’ and ‘zero hour workers’ are often used interchangeably and there is no definitive definition of what constitutes a zero hours contract. It is important, therefore, that employers use the correct contract to meet their requirements.

For these purposes, then, 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).

As a casual worker is not an employee, these terms and conditions do not contain many of the standard employment contract clauses, for example, those relating to pensions, grievance, disciplinary, maternity and paternity, collective agreements and sick pay. However, employers should be aware that, notwithstanding the absence of, say, a sick pay clause. a casual worker may still be entitled to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) if they reach the SSP threshold.

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.

This contract is regularly reviewed to ensure it reflects the current position on casual workers.

This Casual Work Contract contains the following clauses:

1. General

2. Assignments

3. No Continuous Service

4. Hours of Work

5. Place of Work

6. Remuneration

7. Holidays

8. Sickness Absence

9. Termination

10. Data Protection

11. Severability

12. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

13. Right to Work in the UK

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