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A host employer has successfully appealed against orders to reinstate a worker who was banned from its site due to misconduct.

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An employer has failed to argue that a casual with six months and 10 days' service did not meet the minimum employment period because during that entire time he could not have reasonably expected his employment would be ongoing.

An employer's "very difficult financial position" has not convinced the Fair Work Commission an employee should be denied redundancy pay. Also in this article, Uber Eats' settlement leaves gig work in a "grey zone" as more legal challenges loom.

The Fair Work Commission has upheld an employer's dismissal of a casual who declined to work any offered shifts while receiving JobKeeper payments.

The casuals provisions in the IR omnibus bill would completely remove the uncertainty employers now face around casual employment and their potential for double-dipping claims, an employment lawyer says.

IR Minister Christian Porter has this morning tabled the omnibus bill resulting from IR working groups formed at the height of COVID-19.