Australia’s casual employment rules have changed, and they’re already being put to the test. Last month, the Fair Work Commission made its first order under the new employee choice pathway, requiring a university to convert a casual academic to part-time.

Amanda Junkeer, Partner at Gadens, joins us to unpack what the new framework means in practice and how HR should handle a casual employee who wants to go permanent.

We also speak with Lisa Mannering FCPHR, who gives us an update on the latest ER/IR news this month, including new procedural changes to how the FWC is handling dismissal cases moving forward, unpacking the Secure Australia Jobs Framework and unpacking a recent tribunal case that looked into what constitutes reasonable adjustments.

In this episode, we cover:

• What legally makes someone a casual worker
• The first employee choice pathway case, and what it tells us
• Where casual work could be headed
• Your burning questions, answered

Resources:

• Template: Fair Work Ombudsman: Responding to a casual conversion request – checklist and template letter: https://bit.ly/4swatFp
• Resource: Secure Australia Jobs Framework details: https://bit.ly/3UkPWac

Further learning:

• Courses: AHRI's Workforce Planning course, foundations and advanced-level: https://bit.ly/4BxJZHx
• Article: How casual work could evolve as a result of current legislation reviews: https://bit.ly/4i9tGco
• Article: Employer fined $900,000 after getting ‘reasonable adjustments’ wrong: https://bit.ly/4ilWHQR

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