Employment Rights of Casual Workers

Rolanda: Okay, so we've had a lot of case law over the last few months, and sort of workers, employees. So somebody sent a question in this week, and it's probably worth clarifying:

"What are the rights of casual workers in comparison to permanent employees, or to employees."

Seamus: Well, not necessarily a surprising question, because I can understand why there is confusion, although there has been a lot of developments recently in relation to case law and everything else. But it is confusing on something simple for them to try to get understanding of. Essentially, I always look at, you know, people talk about casual workers. There's no definition in law of a casual worker, and it doesn't