When is a casual employee truly a casual employee? The answer to this question is context. There is some controversy…
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What follows is an extract from a recent Fair Work Commission case which deals with the issue of compensation for…
At a certain intellectual level, the proposition that a decision by an employer to not offer further hours of work…
The Fair Work Act provides that, to be protected from unfair dismissal, amongst other things, the employee must have completed…
What follows is a classic unfair dismissal case which analyses the tests to apply when calculating the length of a…
It is not as well understood as it should be, but in Western Australia casual employees are entitled to long…
When will casual service count towards the minimum employment period to be protected from unfair dismissal?; sec 383 Fair Work…
A casual employee qualifies for protection from unfair dismiss if he or she has completed a period of employment of…
Most* casual employees in Australia are protected from unfair dismissal if their employment exceeds the minimum employment period (12 months…
In WorkPac v Skene (2018) FCAFC 131, a Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia held that an employee who…
