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IR Bill introduces "abstract, broad and conceptual" notions of casual

The Labor Government's IR Bill will make it harder for businesses to engage casuals, and "radically alter" these employment arrangements, employer groups say.

The Closing Loopholes Bill introduced late yesterday runs to 284 pages while the explanatory memorandum is 521 pages, so Shortlist will provide piecemeal coverage of its key elements in coming articles.

The proposed definition of casual employee, flagged in July, includes an objective test (the general rule) which is based on whether the employment relationship is characterised by "an absence of a firm advance commitment to continuing and indefinite work"...