Browsing: Casual, contract & contingent work (327 items)

An employer constructively dismissed a casual when it ceased all communication with him after he sought to clarify his employment and pay rate, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Removing a casual worker from a group chat and reassigning her "regular" shifts to other employees didn't constitute a dismissal, the Fair Work Commission has found.

It was "disingenuous" of an employer to claim it didn't dismiss a casual worker, after it removed her from an assignment due to misconduct allegations, then made no attempt to give her further shifts, the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

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The new definition of 'employee' in the Fair Work Act will likely result in an increasing number of claims by individuals "effectively testing the multifactorial test again", according to a workplace lawyer.

The latest Closing Loopholes' legislation contains "significant changes around casual employees", an employment lawyer says in setting out how to comply.

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Employers can expect the Closing Loopholes legislation to have some "profound" impacts on their workplace practices, a lawyer says.

Amendments in the Closing Loopholes No. 2 Bill will 'strangle' casual employment, business representatives say.

In a Senate inquiry report, Labor and the Greens have expressed their support for the Closing Loopholes No. 2 Bill, subject to adding a new 'right to disconnect', and further casual and gig work amendments. But Coalition members say the Bill will be a "jobs killer".