Casual hours count towards redundancy pay

Summary

Australian employees will now have their casual employment calculated towards their redundancy entitlements as a result of a recent Fair Work Commission ruling. The Fair Work Commission recently upheld an appeal made by the Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union against a decision that allowed engineering and shipbuilding company Forgacs to only calculate the permanent employment period […]

Tags: Andrew Jewell, Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union, casual, employment, entitlements, Fair Work Act, Fair Work Commission, Forgacs