<Li> workers covered by a Certified Agreement that had been filed with or certified by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission prior to 27 March 2006 . In the case of an agreement that had been filed before this date, but not yet certified, the employer would have had to meet the Standard until the certification took place; </Li> <Li> employees who were bound by a state employment agreement that was made prior to 27 March 2006, insofar as the agreement addressed conditions otherwise addressed by the Standard . </Li> <P> Some entitlements under the Standard did not apply to casual employees . Generally, casuals had no entitlement to annual leave, personal / carer's leave or compassionate leave . However, unpaid parental leave was available to eligible casual employees . Casuals were also eligible for unpaid carer's leave . In return for having no annual leave or personal leave entitlements, casuals without an entitlement under an industrial instrument were guaranteed a minimum casual of 20% . </P> <P> The Standard provided for a guaranteed maximum of 38 ordinary hours of work per week . It allowed for an averaging of an employee's weekly hours of work over a 12 - month period by written agreement between the employer and employee . Employees could also be asked to work reasonable additional hours and had the right to refuse to work hours not considered' reasonable' . The question of what constituted' reasonable' depended on the particular circumstances of the employee, but included factors such as any risk to the employee's health or safety, the hours worked by the employee in the previous four weeks, the notice given by the employer of the requirement to work the additional hours, and the notice given by the employee of the refusal to work those hours, and the operational requirements of the business . </P>

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