RATES OF PAY FOR CASUAL (PART-TIME NON-FRACTIONAL) ACADEMIC EMPLOYEES
 

It is necessary to ensure casual employees understand the nature of their duties and that the rate of pay agreed covers all incidents of employment necessary for the teaching and marking of the subject.

Additional work should be paid at the ancillary teaching duties rate above. The ancillary rate is to be used for attendance at the casual employee induction training.

It is necessary that the supervisors of casual staff understand that casual staff cannot be expected or required to perform teaching or ancillary teaching duties beyond those expressly approved by the Head of Unit and paid for at the appropriate rate.

Note: Hourly rates on your payslip may vary slightly as the rates below are rounded according to normal rounding rules.

DISTINGUISHED LECTURE (L1)

Paid to a distinguished person who gives a single lecture or a small group of lectures and assumes one hour of delivery and four hours of associated working time which indicates any preparation, administration, student consultation and  contemporaneous marking.

SPECIAL LECTURE (L2)

Paid where the lecturer assumes significant responsibility for planning and developing a unit or a large part of a unit, as well as lecturing or where a lecture or small group of lectures call for special expertise and assumes one hour of delivery and three hours of associated working time which includes any preparation, administration, student consultation and contemporaneous marking.

STANDARD LECTURE (L3)

This is the standard rate for a lecture and assumes one hour of delivery and two hours of associated working time which includes any preparation, administration, student consultation and contemporaneous marking.

REPEAT LECTURE (L4)

This rate is paid for a repeat lecture, such as a lecture covering the subject matter of a lecture given not long before to another group of students and assumes one hour of delivery one hour of associated working time which includes any preparation, administration, student consultation and contemporaneous marking. 

SIGNIFICANT MARKING (M1)

Paid for marking requiring a significant exercise of academic judgment, usually as a supervising examiner. 

PAID TO A CASUAL EMPLOYEE WHO DOES NOT HOLD A RELEVANT DOCTORAL QUALIFICATION
 

TUTORIAL (T3)

Standard rate paid assuming one hour of each of preparation, class contact and administration/student consultation/d contemporaneous marking.

REPEAT TUTORIAL (T4)

This rate is paid for a repeat tutorial. A repeat tutorial is defined as a tutorial repeated within 7 days of the first presentation of the same topic and assumes one hour of class contact and one hour of associated working time for administration/student consultation/contemporaneous marking.

MARKING (M3)

The standard rate for each hour of marking.

DEMONSTRATION and OTHER ANCILLIARY DUTIES (D2 & A2)

The standard rate for a one hour demonstration or other duties.  

PAID TO A CASUAL EMPLOYEE WHO HOLDS A RELEVANT DOCTORAL QUALIFICATION

TUTORIAL (T1)

Standard rate paid assuming one hour of each of preparation, class contact and administration/student consultation/contemporaneous marking.

REPEAT TUTORIAL (T2)

This rate is paid for a repeat tutorial. A repeat tutorial is defined as a tutorial repeated within 7 days of the first presentation of the same topic and assumes one hour of class contact and one hour of associated working time for administration/student consultation/contemporaneous marking.

MARKING (M2)

The standard rate for each hour of non-contemporaneous marking in accordance with the relevant faculty marking formulae. 

DEMONSTRATION AND OTHER ANCILLARY DUTIES (D1 & A1)

The standard rate for a one hour demonstration or other duties.