Casual loading

An Australian term. Casual loading is typically 25% on top of the applicable hourly rate because casual employees do not receive paid annual leave and other permanent entitlements.

In the UK, do not write casual loading as a local pay rule. UK “casual” is an everyday label; legal status still turns on employee, worker, or self-employed. Workers can be due National Minimum Wage and paid holiday without being employees. There is no statutory 25% casual loading.

Related: overtime, national minimum wage, casual workers.