CHANGES TO CASUAL EMPLOYMENT RULES - REMINDER
 
Casual employment rules changed on 26 August 2024, including new pathways to permanent employment that started on 26 February 2025.

 
CASUAL CHANGES

From 26 February 2025, eligible casuals can provide written notice to their employer to change to full-time or part-time employment under the new employee choice pathway. An employer can only refuse the notice for certain reasons.

 
INFORMATION STATEMENT REMINDER

Employers must give every new employee certain Information Statements when they start work. The Casual Employment Information Statement must be provided at set times throughout a casual’s employment.

 
Learn more and download copies of:

• casual employees and how casual work is defined (which also changed on 26 August 2024)
• pathways to permanent employment, including who is eligible, how a notice can be made and how employers must respond.
• Fair Work Information Statement
• Casual Employment Information Statement
• Fixed Term Contract Information Statement.

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