Casual employee, and dismissed or cut off from shifts? You may still have rights.
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Casual work doesn't automatically mean you have no unfair dismissal rights. If you've been working regularly, with a reasonable expectation your work would continue, the same core protections can still apply.
This might be your situation if
- You were formally told your casual employment had ended.
- Your shifts simply stopped, with no explanation, after years of regular work.
- You've worked the same pattern of shifts for months, effectively like a permanent role.
- You're not sure whether "casual" in your contract matches how you've actually been employed.
The label on your contract matters less than how you were actually employed in practice. Tell us your work pattern and what happened, and we'll help you understand where you stand.
Common questions
Yes, if you've been working on a regular and systematic basis and had a reasonable expectation your employment would continue, you can generally still access unfair dismissal, subject to the usual minimum employment period.
It can be, if it amounts to your employer effectively ending your employment rather than a genuine, temporary drop in shifts. This is a genuinely fact-specific question worth having looked at.
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