Hi all,
If you worked over 12 months as a contractor in office environment but should you contact recruitment agency or "job client" to ask for full time permanent. Is it possible? Fairwork says yes you can ask but is it good to burn bridges and future job prospects if you not the best at the job and they hired another 6 contractors in the same team.
We were recently advised by HR that regulations around casual employees are changing around end of this year and there's a big push on converting people to full-time contracts to be compliant.
Apparently we've had casual/contract staff on the books working full-time for years and years and there's an argument to say, well, they're not casual then.
I don't fully understand all the details but it's worth looking into as might benefit you. Maybe someone more knowledgeable can chime in.
Some info here: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/casual-workers-are-set-t…
Basically, if you're working effectively "full-time" on a casual basis for 12 months, you should be offered a full-time contract instead.
Employees may request to convert to permanent employment 21 days after their 12-month work anniversary.
https://www.lawbase.com.au/what-employers-need-to-know-about…
If you get 100% of your income from them the entire last and so far this tax year, you probably should be an employee. A contractor isn't casual employee btw.
Maybe they would want you as an employee though, you should float the idea if you would rather be full time than contract. Maybe they are planning on stopping your contract anyway soon, who knows.
This. If they do plan to not provide anymore extensions to me due to major hiring spree (within 1 month 6 contractors were hired). Should I lawyer up and force a permanent job. But usually ongoing roles have a lot of redtape and go through a thorough interview process.
In what world would "lawyering up?" be a good idea?
Best advice is to have a chat with your union rep.
Why would you get a lawyer ? They can still let you go at any time, the new rules are not in effect yet.
Why do you want to work somewhere that doesn't want you?
won't you be getting a higher rate as a contractor compared to a permanent full time employee?
or is it the job security that you're after?
edit: apologies, just re-read the forum topic. Assumed you were full time contractor instead of casual
I thought you had to be casual not a contractor to qualify for conversion to permanent
And isnt it being casual for 6 months? Then his entitled for full time employment?
Given your first hand knowledge of the situation, what do you think?