Comment on Labor to give casuals new rights to full-time employment in move to improve job security
Mountaineer@lemmy.world 1 year agoTo extend on this, which is accurate, there’s a few extra things that are worth mentioning.
Unless you’ve signed a contract that specifically changes these (and which you would need to be compensated for to make the contract legal):
Full time employees get long service leave, which only kicks in for full time employees after several years.
Certain industries in South Australia such as Electricians, Plumbers etc have transferrable long service leave (it carries across employers in what is effectively a gig job).
Full time employees are paid for public holidays, which they are not obliged to work.
A full time employee basically cannot be fired without cause - only made redundant.
If you are made redundant, you will be paid a settlement.
This is why it’s easier to get loans etc by the way, the bank has reason to believe you’ll continue your employment.
As an aside, the paid sick leave is pretty important.
If I get sick, I don’t go to work and therefore don’t spread that illness to my coworkers, and I can still pay my rent and buy food.
A casual employee has to decide if they are sick enough to forgo income for one or more days.
Unscrupulous individuals taking “mental health days”, where they’re not sick, has been a big part in the movement to causalising the workforce (in my opinion).
Unscrupulous individuals taking “mental health days”, where they’re not sick, has been a big part in the movement to casualising the workforce (in my opinion).
yeah that’s the point you lost me.
10 days off, they don’t roll over. They’re owed me per year. Be it for my mental health or physical I am owed those days
A business that penalises its workforce because said business doesn’t like the fact owed leave is being utilised need to be shot in the face.
So the system should be changed so that you can take the days with notice. 🤷
The problem is people taking days off without notice, regularly.
As currently implemented, you feel ripped off.
If you just don’t turn up on a day leaving me short staffed, you’re letting me down (my targets won’t be met), you’re letting your co-workers down (they end up picking up your slack or getting called in on their day off at the last minute).
FFS, let me know ahead of time (psst, I’m going to take a “sick” day on Friday) and maybe I won’t be grumpy.
abhibeckert@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s generally true for casual employees as well. It’s just that one of the “causes” might be “we don’t have a shift for you this week”.
That “cause” doesn’t always apply though - it depends on the industry.