{"id":112793,"date":"2025-09-02T09:05:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T09:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/112793\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T09:05:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T09:05:19","slug":"does-casual-work-in-multiple-locations-satisfy-minimum-employment-period-for-unfair-dismissal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/112793\/","title":{"rendered":"Does casual work in multiple locations satisfy minimum employment period for unfair dismissal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">She testified that the worker maintained 2-3 days per week from March 2024 onwards, which she considered systematic engagement.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Financial records showed the worker earned approximately $2,600 from June to September 2024, averaging 1-2 shifts per fortnight across locations.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">However, payslip analysis revealed more consistent engagement than the roster records suggested, with the worker performing duties that included training, cleaning, and shift coverage across the business network.<\/p>\n<p>Regularity versus systematic engagement disputed<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The employer argued that employment was sporadic and non-systematic, pointing to gaps between work periods and irregular rostering patterns.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Management evidence suggested shifts were not rostered in advance, occurred at different times on different days, and sometimes involved month-long gaps followed by consecutive work periods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She testified that the worker maintained 2-3 days per week from March 2024 onwards, which she considered systematic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[64,63,99,80575,180,80574,80576],"class_list":["post-112793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jobs","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-casual-work-fwc-australia","tag-jobs","tag-minimum-employment-fwc-australia","tag-unfair-dismissal-fwc-australia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}