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Casual contract was valid; labour hire employee wasn't dismissed

A labour hire employee who rejected offers to find her new work after a 10-year placement ended could not argue she had been "dismissed", the Fair Work Commission has ruled.

Deputy President Gerard Boyce found the electronic contract was "valid and enforceable", and the on-hire worker wasn't misled into agreeing to it.

The employee had submitted a general protections claim, arguing she had been dismissed when PersolKelly failed to provide her with alternate placements following the end of an assignment that had lasted more than 10 years at a 3M site, under three different employers...