Casual Staff

Casual staff are engaged by the hour/session and work on an ad hoc or irregular basis for a given work period. Each work period is a separate and distinct period of service. A separate engagement must be created for each distinct period of service.

Prospective casual staff have 7 days to accept their approved Offer of Casual Employment and must complete their onboarding tasks before they officially commence undertaking work at the University.

Hours or sessions worked by the casual must be submitted by the casual and validated by the Timesheet Validator in order for payment to be made.

Casual engagement and timesheet tasks can be actioned via Staff Services Online (SSO).

The below diagram shows where the casual staff tasks sit within the full CAPS Engagement and Payment Process.

After a casual engagement is approved in CAPS, the prospective casual staff member will receive an email to their nominated account which contains a link to an Offer of Employment. The prospective casual must verify their identity to gain access to the CAPS system and accept their offer. Before accepting, they must carefully review all details of the offer including:

• the duties for which the casual staff member is engaged
• the period for which the casual staff member is engaged
• the indicative total hours the casual staff member is likely to be required to work during the period
• the hourly/sessional rate of pay.

It is important to note that the total estimated hours/sessions on the offer are indicative only and may be subject to change. If additional work is required by the School or Branch, the casual must have authorisation from the supervisor prior to commencing the work.

Upon acceptance of the Offer of Employment, the casual staff member’s employment with the University of Adelaide becomes official.

The casual staff member receives an email containing a PDF copy of the engagement. This is a legal document which, in conjunction with the Enterprise Agreement, defines the details of the relationship between the casual staff member and the University of Adelaide. The email will also advise that the casual onboarding task may be required (see details below).

The following help guides are available to assist with how to Action your Offer of Employment in CAPS:

• Action your Offer of Employment in CAPS QRG

Upon the acceptance of the offer, the casual will receive a subsequent email prompting them to complete the onboarding tasks (if applicable). It may be useful to have the following information (if applicable) on hand before starting to complete the onboarding task in CAPS:

• Passport
• Visa
• Qualifications
• Bank Details
• Tax Details
• Emergency contact details
• Working with Children Check/DCSI

Where the casual has previously supplied information to the University this will be pre-populated in onboarding therefore the casual will be required to simply verify this information.

It is a requirement that the onboarding task is complete before the casual can commence work.  Access to timesheets will be available once onboarding has been completed.

Note: all casuals will be required to complete their onboarding task the first time they receive an offer from the CAPS system. For subsequent engagements, the onboarding task will only be required if there is more than a 30 days gap between engagement periods.

The following help guides are available to assist with completing onboarding in CAPS:

• Employee Onboarding Support Information
• How to Access and Complete Onboarding
• Onboarding – Add Citizenship and Passport Details
• Onboarding – Add VISA Details
• Onboarding – Add Bank Details
• Onboarding – Add Tax Details
• Onboarding - Add Superannuation Choice of Fund Details 
• Onboarding – Add Qualification Details
• Onboarding - Add Working with Children Check details in CAPS QRG

Evidence of Australian Citizenship - Casual engagements are subject to the staff member obtaining and retaining a legal entitlement to work in Australia and staff must provide documentary evidence of this.
Following changes to Australian citizenship laws (responsibility of the Department for Immigration and Border Protection), Australian citizens can provide:

• Their passport bio page
• Their citizenship certificate or
• Their birth certificate, but only if you were born prior to 20 August 1986

Casual staff must submit timesheets through Staff Services Online (SSO) before the fortnightly deadline when claiming payment for work undertaken in a given period. On the morning after the deadline, the Timesheet Validator will receive a notification to approve any entries submitted on time, prior to payment being made.

The below table outlines the type of casual timesheets available and what is required for entry by the casual:

Timesheets must be submitted and validated within the set timeframes in order for payment to occur. Click here to view timesheet submission and validation timeframes.

Progressively enter time – save for later

Casual staff members can choose to progressively enter and save their timesheets. When entering time into the timesheet, simply select “Save for Later”. Saved timesheets can be accessed via SSO Timesheets in the same location as submitting. Saved timesheets cannot be validated or paid until they are submitted.

Amending timesheets

After a timesheet has been submitted for validation, it is still possible to amend as follows:

• Access the timesheet in SSO in the same location to where it was originally submitted. Timesheets can still be amended and resubmitted when they are in the status of Saved, Needs Approval, Approved, Pushed Back.
• Once a timesheet has been paid, amendments are only possible online if the hours/sessions are for days that have not already been paid.
  If the time to be claimed are for days that have been paid, casual staff should contact their Casual Coordinator for assistance as an offline timesheet amendment form is required, which requires physical signatures validating amendments to time worked. Delays to payments and adjustments can be expected with this manual offline process.

The following help guides are available to assist with managing timesheets in CAPS:

• Submit a Casual Professional Timesheet in CAPS QRG
• Submit a Casual Professional Timesheet in CAPS Tutorial Video
• Submit a Casual Academic Timesheet in CAPS QRG
• Submit a Casual Academic Timesheet in CAPS Tutorial Video
• Submit a Casual ELT Timesheet in CAPS QRG
• Submit a Casual ELT Timesheet in CAPS Tutorial Video

The responsibilities of the casual are as follows:

• Action the Offer of Casual Employment prior to commencing work at the university
• Complete the onboarding
• Submit casual timesheet promptly at the completion of any fortnight worked

Standard Timeframes depicts the standard 4-week cycle that determines timeframes for submitting and validating casual timesheets in CAPS. Casual staff should familiarise themselves with these timeframes.
Visit the Timesheet submission and Validation Deadlines.

Casual staff are expected to receive an induction when commencing work in a new area of the university. Please refer to the University’s Staff Induction website for further information

Once a casual engagement has been approved and accepted the casual staff member is allocated a staff ID number and email address.

Casual staff who have been identified as having a previous relationship with the University (eg. staff, student or other), will continue to use the same 7-digit ID number previously allocated.

Please refer to the Information Technology & Digital Services website for instructions on setting up/changing your password.

Disabling IT Access

IT access for casual staff is disabled one month after the end date specified on a casual engagement. This allows time for submission of any final timesheets and for casual staff members to download their final pay slips from Staff Services Online (SSO).

The disabling of IT access occurs without notification to the casual staff member or the School/Branch.

Unless another relationship is in place (e.g. Titleholder or Visitor), access to the following services will be disabled:

• shared folders, home folders and computers on campus
• @adelaide email address
• access to calendar
• access to staff only websites
• access to online services and internet

Please note: if the casual staff member is enrolled as a University of Adelaide student, the end date of a casual engagement will not impact their IT access.

Can a staff member make a request? 

Casual staff members can make a request for casual conversion by completing the applicable forms below:  

• Casual Conversion Application Form (Professional) Word/PDF
• Casual Conversion Application Form (Academic) Word/PDF

Questions 

Your HR Advisor is here to assist if have any questions regarding the above. In addition, please do not hesitate to contact the Casual Assessment team c/o hrservicecentre@adelaide.edu.au with any queries. 

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• Onboarding – Add Qualification Details
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• Submit a Casual Professional Timesheet in CAPS Tutorial Video
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