Road Transport (Long Distance Operations) Award -- Hiring and employing staff under LDO Award
Types of employment Print

Clause 10 explains 2 types of employment - full-time or casual.

Full-time – an employee engaged to perform long distance operations for an average of 38 ordinary hours per week over a four week period (underlining added).

Casual – an employee engaged as such and paid by the hour/trip.

A casual employee receives loadings to compensate them for other conditions which full-time employees receive. A casual employee receives the following benefits:

  • whilst driving, either an additional 15% on the CPK rates per sub-clause 13.4 (if paid according to this method), or an additional 15% of the hourly driving rates per sub-clause 13.5 (if paid by this method)
  • when engaged in loading or unloading duties, the relevant loading and unloading rate for their classification plus a loading of 25%
  • when paid by CPK rates, a minimum payment per engagement of 500km
  • when paid by the hourly driving rate, a minimum engagement must be 8 hours.

For more information, contact the Fair Work Ombudsman on 13 13 94 or visit the FWO website to submit your question.