Employment categories

Your employees can be hired as full-time, part-time or casual.

Full-time

•  employed on an ongoing basis to work an average of 38 hours per week
• entitlements include paid annual and personal leave, public holidays, parental leave and in some cases, long service leave.

Part-time

• employed on an ongoing basis to work a regular set of hours, less than 38 hours per week
• paid a higher hourly rate than a full-time employee, allowing them to work up to 7.6 hours per day, 5 days per week or 38 hours per week without payment of overtime
• entitled to the same conditions as a full-time employee but on a pro rata basis (which means it is based on the number of hours they work).

Casual

• can only work on an intermittent or irregular basis, uncertain hours or to replace another employee who is rostered off or not able to come into work
• paid an hourly rate of pay for each hour they work
• receive a higher rate of pay but have less entitlements, for example they don’t accrue paid annual leave or paid personal leave
• in some circumstances, casuals are entitled to unpaid leave entitlements such as carer’s leave and parental leave
• some long-term casuals may be entitled to long service leave.

More information about employment categories and entitlements can be found in clause 12 of the Cleaning Award.

Notification and record-keeping requirements

When you hire a new employee, you are required to inform them of their classification as well as their category (full-time, part-time or casual) and their usual location of work. These details must also be recorded in your time and wage records.