by JFM Team | May 24, 2020
A casual employment contract is fundamentally different to either a permanent or fixed term arrangement. Very few employers, or employees, have taken the time to fully understand the consequences of casual employment. What does it mean to be a casual employee? Casual...
by JFM Team | Feb 14, 2020
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...
by JFM Team | Oct 22, 2018
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...
by JFM Team | Aug 28, 2018
Last Thursday’s decision by the Full Federal Court may change the idea of ‘casual employment’ for the future, causing upheavals on the employment law scene. Rarely has a court decision incited such comments from employer groups and other sources as...
