Employers had raised concerns that new laws in the Closing the Loopholes bill would mean business could not engage casuals on a regular basis.
to ensure that casuals can still work on a regular basis if they want to and to remove fines for misrepresenting permanent workers as casual.
However, employers raised concerns that new casual misrepresentation laws also in the bill would mean business could not engage casuals on a regular basis, even if the workers chose not to convert, at the risk of backpay and fines. “The simple fact is many hospitality workers do actually prefer casual employment, given the 25 per cent wage loading and the flexibility to refuse shifts,” Mr Ferguson said.
However it’s understood the amendment to specify that casuals can still have a wholly regular pattern of work will be part of a legislative note, which can guide the courts on interpretation but is not enforceable. It will also say such regular casuals still can’t have a firm advance commitment of continuing and indefinite work.
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