Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Long-term casual employees have historically not been covered by notice of termination provisions. Long-term casual employees were excluded from the notice of termination provisions before Work Choices and this also reflects the outcome of the 2004 redundancy test case. The standard clause developed by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission—as it then was in 2004—in the redundancy case expressly excluded casual employees from the redundancy provisions and provided that notice of termination must be given to terminate the employment of a full-time or regular part-time but not casual employee. The commission stated in its decision that it would be inappropriate to award severance pay for casuals. There is no real reason to depart from what the commission has said.