General provisions
Employment within Catholic education shall be of an ongoing nature, except for the provisions under the VCEMEA, including:
- employment for a specified period of time
- casual relieving employees
- emergency teachers
- casual education support or school services officers.
Employment for a specified period of time (fixed term employment)
Employment for a specified period of time (fixed term employment) must be of a period greater than 11 weeks. Usually, fixed term employment will be of 12 months duration.
Casual relieving employees – general conditions
A casual relieving employee shall be a paid a loading of 20 per cent on their salary in lieu of the following benefits:
- accident make up pay
- annual leave and school holiday pay and leave loading
- personal leave
- termination (clause 13 shall apply)
- redundancy
- long service leave
- examination leave
- degree and diploma leave
- infectious disease leave
- jury service
Casual relieving teachers
A casual relieving teacher may work the same hours as a full time teacher (or part thereof) for a period greater than three consecutive weeks in any one school year but less than 11 consecutive working weeks.
A casual relieving teacher must have current registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching.
Casual relieving education support and school services officers
A casual relieving education support employee or school services officer may work the same hours (or part thereof) as a full time education support employee or school services officer for a period greater than seven consecutive weeks in any one school year but less than 11 consecutive working weeks.
A casual relieving education support employee or school services officer must have a current Working with Children Check and, if applicable, a National Police Record Check.
Emergency teacher (casual)
An emergency teacher is appointed on an ad hoc basis for up to and including 15 consecutive school days.
Casual employees – general conditions
A casual employee (not an emergency teacher) shall not be provided with the following entitlements:
- accident make up pay
- annual leave and school holiday pay and leave loading
- long service leave
- examination leave
- degree and diploma leave
- infectious disease leave
- sabbatical leave
- jury service
- parental leave
- termination of employment
- redundancy
- overtime
Casual education support and school services officers
A casual education support employee or school services officer shall be employed for 35 or less consecutive days per school year.
A person appointed to a school as a casual education support employee or schools services officer shall be employed for the week (five days), regardless of how many days are worked by the casual employee. For example, if a casual employee is engaged every Monday for six Mondays, this will be considered as 30 days of employment, not 6 days of employment
A casual education support employee or school services officer must have a current Working With Children Check and, if applicable, a National Police Record Check.