Part-Year Employment

15 Professional Employee Part-Year Employment 

15.1 This clause provision applies to Academic and Professional Employees. 

15.115.2 Part-year employment provides for appointment of employees (either Continuing or Fixed-term) to work during peak work periods. 

15.3 3The minimum term of a Fixed-term part-year appointment under this clause is 1 year. 

15.2 Employees who work under a part-year employment arrangement are partPart-time Time employees Employees for the purposes of this Agreement. 

15.3 4During non-work periods, the employee will be deemed to be on leave without payAn employee may request to receive their salary on an annualised or worked basis.  Where this request can be accommodated it will not be unreasonably refused. 

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15.4 15.5 The number of weeks worked pursuant to this clause may vary across Organisational Units. 

15.5 By agreement with the University, the employee may be paid on an annualised basis. 

15.5 15.6 Employees who do not receive their salary on an annualised basis will be deemed to be on unpaid leave outside the periods of paid employment. 

15.6 15.7 Any additional hours will be by agreement and payment will be at the ordinary Ordinary rate Rate, subject to other provisions of this Agreement (such as overtime). 

15.7 15.8 Part-year employment may only be offered for positions that would otherwise be filled by Casual  eEmployees. 

15.815.6 9All employee benefits including personal/carer’s leave, annual leave and long service leave will accrue based on the hours worked. No benefits entitlements will accrue during non-work periods, and this non-work periods will not count as service for any purpose, however non-work periods will not break continuity of service. 

15.915.7 10Accrued annual leave will be taken at the end of the last period of paid employmentwork for the calendar year. 

15.10 15.11 The minimum term of a Fixed-term part-year appointment under this clause is two (2)2 years. 

15.8 12A part-year employee will be advised twice each calendar year which weeks they will be required to work for that half year, normally at least two (2)2 weeks before commencement of each period of work. 

15.1115.9In exceptional circumstances, a part-year employee may work additional hours, by agreement. Such hours will be paid at the Ordinary Rate, subject to other provisions of this Agreement (such as overtime). 

15.3 Where a Casual employee Employee is offered part-year employment they may: 

a. accept part-year employment; 

b. accept part-year employment with their salary annualised over a full year (where this can be accommodated); or 

c.reject the offer and elect to remain employed on a Casual casual basis.