Effective:

27 March 2021

Requirements:

All businesses to issue Casual Employees with a “Casual Employment Information Statement”

Casual Employee Definition:

“If they accept an offer for a job from an employer knowing that there is no firm advance commitment to ongoing work with an agreed pattern of work” – Fair Work Act link

When:

New Employees: before or as soon as possible after starting

Existing Employees:

How:

In person, by mail, email, fax

How Often:

At least once within every 12 month period employed as a Casual

How Does this affect us:

An employer (excluding small business) has to offer their casual employee to convert to full-time or part-time (permanent) when the employee:

Trap:

When your small business converts to a large business in the future, these new rules would need consideration and application from a structural, financial and operational point of view.

Further Information:

Fact Sheet link #1

Fact Sheet link #2