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Employment Minister Tony Burke has today revealed some details of a "new pathway" for casual workers to seek permanency, which could kick in after six months of regular employment.

As part of the Federal Government's next set of workplace reforms, he says it will close the "loophole" that leaves people stuck as casuals when they actually work permanent regular hours.

Full details of the reforms have not yet been released but in a doorstop interview this morning Burke said the legislation will do two things: "One, it'll create a right where those casuals who are getting permanent hours can go to the employer and can say, 'these hours are permanent, I would like to be able to convert'...