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As a result of the adoption of a new Casual Conversion Clause, employers with more than 15 employees must, by 27 September 2021, conduct an assessment of any casual employee employed before 27 March 2021 in order to determine their eligibility for casual conversion.
If a casual employee is eligible to convert to full time or part time employment you must provide that offer within 21 days.
If a casual employee is not eligible to be offered conversion to full time or part time employment, the employee must be notified of this in writing by 27 September 2021.
An employee may be eligible for conversion from casual to full time or part time employment if the employee:
Whether an employee is entitled to convert to full time or part time employment is dependent on the hours worked over the last 6 months. For example, an employee who has worked 38 hours per week for the last 6 months as a casual would be eligible for full time employment whilst an employee who has worked 15 hours per week for the last 6 months may be eligible for part time employment.
There are three important deadlines which employers must comply with:
By 27 September 2021, employers (other than small businesses who have less than 15 employees) must review any current casual employees who were employed before 27 March 2021 to determine who is eligible for casual conversion.
Within 21 days of completing the assessment (and therefore no later than 18 October 2021), employers must provide written offers to any employee who is being offered casual conversion.
If an eligible casual employee will not be offered to convert to permanent employment, employers are required to provide written notice of this and the reasons why an offer is not being made before 27 September 2021.
An employer can refuse to offer a casual employee conversion to full time or part time employment on the following grounds:
Employees are required to respond to an offer within 21 days. Failure to respond on time will be deemed to be a rejection of the offer. Accordingly, it is important that employers have a clear record of the date and time that the offer was provided to the employee.
After 27 September 2021, employers will still be obligated to assess their casual employees and offer casual conversion. An employee will be eligible once employed for 12 months and on the same grounds discussed above.
Additionally, an eligible employee can make a request to convert to permanent employment from 21 days after their 12 month anniversary and may make a request to convert every 6 months.
However, employees are not eligible to make a request if within the past 6 months they have either rejected an offer for casual conversion or the employer has had reasonable grounds to reject or not make the offer.
An eligible casual employee working for a small business employer can request to convert to full time or part time employment at any time on or after their 12 month anniversary.
Existing casuals working for a small business employer before 27 March 2021 can also make a request to convert at any time from 27 March 2021 if they are eligible.
To respond to an employee’s request to convert, employers need to write to them within 21 days and tell the employee if they have or haven’t accepted their request.
If the employer refuses the request, they have to tell the employee their reasons why in their written response. Employers can’t refuse a request unless they have consulted the employee and have reasonable grounds to refuse the request.
Small business employers need to give their existing casual employees a copy of the CEIS as soon as possible after 27 March 2021. Other employers have to give their existing casual employees a copy of the CEIS as soon as possible after 27 September 2021.
Download the Casual Employment Information Statement.
Today the State Government announced proposed changes to the regulatory powers to investigate registered builders who may be unable to meet the financial requirements of registration. The announcement also included a long-awaited review of the Home Building Contracts Act 1991 (HBCA) and associated laws.
“Two cuts to the cash rate have seen the volume of detached house building approvals rise to be 3.2 per cent higher than the same month last year,” stated HIA Senior Economist Tom Devitt.
“Building approvals data released today highlights the magnitude of the task ahead if we are to achieve the Government’s target of building 30,000 homes in the ACT over the next five years,” said Geordan Murray, acting HIA Executive Director ACT and Southern NSW.
“Today marks the beginning of the Key Apprentice Program which will provide new commencing apprentices working in residential building trades with financial incentives totalling $10,000,” said Steven Wojtkiw, HIA Deputy Executive Director, Victoria.
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