On 9 December 2020, the Morrison Government introduced a major
workplace reform Bill with significant changes to casual
employment.
Key changes to casual employment can be viewed
here.
The purpose of the employment law reforms are to provide greater
certainty for both employer and employee, particularly with respect
to casual employees and accrued leave entitlements following the
decision of
Workpac Pty Ltd v Rossato [2020] FCAFC
84(Rossato).
The definition of casual employee will be amended to include
those who have received an offer of employment on the basis that
the employer makes no firm advance commitment to continuing
and indefinite work according to an agreed pattern of work, and the
employee accepts the offer. Employers will also be
required to provide casual employees with a Casual Employee
Information Statement provided by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
