Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021A00025:clause:1_125a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021A00025
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 125A
Character Range: 22055–23518

125A  Fair Work Ombudsman to prepare and publish Casual Employment Information Statement
 (1) The Fair Work Ombudsman must prepare a Casual Employment Information Statement. The Fair Work Ombudsman must publish the Statement in the Gazette.
Note: If the Fair Work Ombudsman changes the Statement, the Fair Work Ombudsman must publish the new version of the Statement in the Gazette.
 (2) The Statement must contain information about casual employment and offers and requests for casual conversion under Division 4A of Part 2‑2, including the following:
 (a) the meaning of casual employee under section 15A;
 (b) an employer offer for casual conversion must generally be made to certain casual employees within 21 days after the employee has completed 12 months of employment;
 (c) an employer can decide not to make an offer for casual conversion if there are reasonable grounds to do so, but the employer must notify the employee of these grounds;
 (d) certain casual employees will also have a residual right to request casual conversion;
 (da) casual conversion entitlements of casual employees employed by small business employers;
 (e) the FWC may deal with disputes about the operation of that Division.
 (3) The Casual Employment Information Statement is not a legislative instrument.
 (4) The regulations may prescribe other matters relating to the content or form of the Statement, or the manner in which employers may give the Statement to employees.