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A "significant variation" in an employee's regular work pattern shortly before she reached her one-year work anniversary meant she wasn't entitled to convert from casual to permanent, the Federal Circuit Court has found.

The Melbourne Polytechnic casual teacher claimed the employer failed to offer her casual conversion to part-time employment, or to accept her conversion request, but the employer denied it had any such obligations under the Fair Work Act.

The Court heard that in April 2022, the employer engaged the employee on a casual basis to teach a training and assessment course...