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Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993
34ACasual employment
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34A Casual employment
(1) The Commissioner may determine the duties or classes of duties in
an Agency or the Public Sector generally that:
(a) may be performed on a casual basis; or
(b) may only be performed on a casual basis.
(2) A person cannot be employed as a casual employee to perform
duties other than duties to which a determination under
subsection (1) applies.
(3) The Commissioner may determine the terms and conditions to
apply to casual employees, and where such a term or condition is
inconsistent with this Act, the term or condition so determined
prevails and the conditions of or under this Act, to the extent of the
inconsistency, have no effect.
(4) A Chief Executive Officer must not employ a casual employee
unless the Commissioner has made a determination under
subsection (3) in relation to the duties the person is to perform.
(5) If a casual employee is employed under a contract of employment
for a specified period of time, the person's contract of employment
may be renewed in accordance with the terms and conditions
determined under subsection (3).