Changes to casual employment: What employers should know
Background For an employer, being able to correctly identify an employee as a casual employee or a permanent part-time employee is important because permanent employees have a right to leave entitlements and access to unfair dismissal laws and redundancy payments. By contrast, in return for ‘casual’ status, casual employees are entitled to a 25% loading on top of […]
Managing the risks associated with your long-term casual employees
As a business owner, it is not uncommon to operate with a number of full time, part time and casual employees. We have discussed the dangers of misclassifying permanent part-time workers as casual workers, and the real cost of casual employees in the past. However, it is important for you to understand how a long serving casual employee can be entitled to protection from an unfair dismissal claim.