High Court overturns Federal Court decision on casual employment

THE High Court of Australia has overturned a Federal Court ruling that a casually employed mine worker was actually a permanent employee and entitled to back-paid leave entitlements.

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The High Court had clarified, from a statutory perspective, what was intended by the Fair Work Act’s provisions relating to causal employees.

In its judgement in WorkPac v Rossato, the High Court found the mine worker's employment was on an "assignment by assignment" basis and there was no "firm advance commitment to ongoing work", which