Those who are offered an hourly-paid contract must demonstrate that they have the right to work in the UK before they start employment. 

You must ensure that you ask the individual whether he or she requires a visa to work in the UK before offering an hourly-paid contract at the School. 

For further guidance on how to do this - please refer to our visa and immigration guides. 

Casual contracts are used when employing an individual on a one-off basis for no more than 35 hours, over a period of no longer than one month.

Those who are employed on a casual basis need to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK before they start employment.  The School reserves the right to not pay for any work done before a Right to Work check is completed.

The Casual claim form can be downloaded from the LSE Payroll webpage.  Once the form is completed, please send the digitised version to fin.div.payroll@lse.ac.uk for processing.

Please refer to this guidance document for details on appointing Casual staff. For a visual outline of the process of recruiting for casual contracts, click here to access a flowchart. Contact hr.pay.hourly@lse.ac.uk in case of any queries.

Graduate teaching assistants and guest teachers are contracted by the School to teach a small number of hours on one or two courses.

They are issued a contract setting out details of the courses they are to teach, the total number of hours, the rates of pay and a statement of the main terms and conditions relating to their appointment.

To access the contract template, please click the link below:

GT/GTA PowerApps Live 

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Departments looking to recruit Graduate Teaching Assistants, Guest Teachers or Emeritus Teachers should read the available guidance. 

Typically hourly-paid researchers and policy staff are contracted by the school to do specific research for an academic or department. They are issued a contract setting out:

• the expected average number of hours they will work per week
• their rate of pay
• a statement of the main terms and conditions relating to their appointment

To access the contract template, please click the link below:

Hourly Research and Policy PowerApps Live 

Click to request access

Typically hourly-paid support staff are members of staff contracted by the school to carry out administrative or other types of professional services support work. They are issued a contract setting out:

• the expected average number of hours they will work per week
• their rate of pay
• a statement of the main terms and conditions relating to their appointment

To access the contract template, please click the link below:

Hourly Support PowerApps Live 

Click to request access