IR Reforms: Stripped Back To Amendments To Casual Employment

Yesterday, the amended Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia's Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2021 (the "Bill") passed Parliament, after the House of Representatives accepted the Senate's amendments.

The Bill, as introduced in Parliament in December 2020, has been reduced to include only changes to casual employment.

These changes include:

1. a definition of casual employee based on the original offer made to the employee, without taking into account "any subsequent conduct of the parties";
2. the obligation to offer casual conversion to a casual employee and the residual right to request casual conversion;
3. a Casual Employment Information Sheet; and
4. the ability to make orders relating to casual loading amounts if an employee is found not to be a casual employee.