Case Summary – WorkPac Pty Ltd v Rossato [2020] FCAFC 84
Background facts In WorkPac Pty Ltd v Rossato [2020] FCAFC 84, Robert Rossato (Mr Rossato) was an employee of WorkPac Pty Ltd (WorkPac) from 28 July 2014 until 9 April 2018. Over that period, six consecutive contracts of employment were executed between Mr Rossato and WorkPac. WorkPac treated each employment as a casual employment and […]
Do you really want to keep things ‘casual’?
Casual employees are expensive. To start with they will cost you 25% more per hour. But they can end up costing you a lot more than that if they are really ‘permanent part time’ employees.
Are you aware of unfair dismissal rights for casual workers?
On 23 January 2020, the Fair Work Commission passed down a re-determination in the matter of Angele Chandler v Bed Bath N’ Table Pty Ltd, allowing for casual employees meeting certain criteria to have access to unfair dismissal remedies. Ms Chandler was employed as a casual at Bed Bath N’ Table for a period of […]
Can Casual Workers Claim Unfair Dismissal?
The Fair Work Commission has recently handed down a decision which provides increased access to unfair dismissal claims by casual workers. Particularly those employees engaged in the labour hire industry. In the case of Robert Smith v Goldfields People Hire Pty Ltd [2017] FWC 6730 (“Goldfields”) a casual worker made an unfair dismissal application for […]