When a Casual Relationship Becomes a Permanent Headache

When a Casual Relationship Becomes a Permanent Headache - Feb Seminar

When a Casual Relationship Becomes a Permanent Headache: The Fallout from Skene v Workpac

The Federal Court’s ruling in Skene v Workpac has highlighted the potential for the many Australians who work as regular or long-term casuals to have a dual status for the purpose of labour regulation. They may have been properly engaged and treated as casuals for the purposes of an award or enterprise agreement, yet not be a ‘true’ casual for other purposes – such as the exclusion from any entitlement to annual leave or redundancy pay. If so, they may be entitled to the very benefits for which the casual loading they should be receiving  is meant to compensate. As the presentation will explain, this is not a new problem. But the Skene ruling, combined with a determined push from the union movement to tackle insecurity at work, means that it may no longer be possible to wish it away. If the issue is going to be properly addressed, however, any lasting and workable reform will need to navigate a policy minefield – including the understandable desire of many workers to prefer higher take-home pay to contingent benefits they may never access. Andrew Stewart will explain the problems and set out some possible ways forward.

Speaker - Professor Andrew Stewart

Andrew Stewart is the John Bray Professor of Law at the University of Adelaide and a Legal Consultant to the law firm Piper Alderman. He is an editor of the Australian Journal of Labour Law and co-director of the Adelaide Law School’s Work and Employment Regulation research group. His recent books include Stewart’s Guide to Employment LawCreighton & Stewart’s Labour LawCooperation at Work (with Mark Bray and Johanna Macneil) and The Wages Crisis in Australia (co-edited with Jim Stanford and Tess Hardy). His current research includes Australian Research Council-funded projects on the regulation of unpaid work experience and the organisation of work through digital platforms.

ALERA  members: $40.00
AHRI members: $40.00
Non-members: $55.00
Student Members: $20.00
Retired Members: $20.00
(All amounts are inclusive of GST)

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Registration should be received by close of business, Thursday 31st January 2019. Refunds will not be given for cancellations received after this date.

 

Date: 
Thursday, February 7, 2019 - 03:30
Price: 
ALERA  members: $40.00 AHRI members: $40.00 Non-members: $55.00 Student Members: $20.00 Retired Members: $20.00 (All amounts are inclusive of GST)