What’s Changing?
From 1 October 2018 a new standard conversation clause was incorporated in 85 awards, giving select casual workers who work regular hours the right to request full-time or part-time employment if they satisfy set criteria.
“If the casual employment turns out to be long-term in nature, and to be of sufficient regularity … then we consider it to be fair and necessary for the employee to have access to a mechanism by which the casual employment may be converted to an appropriate form of permanent employment,” said the full Fair Work Commission bench when the clause was first announced, as reported by the ABC.
Which businesses will be impacted most from this change?
If your business employs large numbers of casual workers such as in retail, hospitality, manufacturing and agriculture then you should pay particular attention.