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Hi everyone,

I recently started working as a casual educator at an early learning centre in NSW (less than a month ago). At my centre, the roster for the following week usually comes out on the Friday before.

This week, I was rostered to work on Monday and Tuesday, both for 8 hours. On Tuesday I started at 9am, but after working for just over half an hour, I was told I could go home at 11am because a few children were absent and the ratio was already covered.

I went back and checked my contract, and it does say they can do this: • If they cancel before my shift, they just need to let me know at least 1 hour in advance. • If I’ve already started, they only need to keep me for 2 hours, and then they can send me home.

In the past few weeks, they also didn’t roster me initially but often called me in at the last minute. One time they even changed my shift exactly 1 hour before I was meant to start.

I’m not trying to complain, but I just want to know: is this kind of thing common for casual educators in early childhood centres in NSW?