Casual employment rules changed on 26 August 2024. These changes include new pathways to permanent employment that start on 26 February 2025. 

Casual changes

From 26 February 2025, eligible casuals can provide written notice to their employer to change to full-time or part-time employment under the employee choice pathway. 

An employer can only refuse the notice for certain reasons.

Reasons can only be any of the following:

• the employee still meets the definition of a casual employee
• there are fair and reasonable operational grounds for not accepting the notification, such as:
• substantial changes would be required to the way work in the employer’s business is organised
• there would be significant impacts on the operation of the employer’s business, or
• substantial changes to the employee’s employment conditions would be necessary to ensure the employer doesn’t break rules (such as in an award or agreement) that apply to the employee.
• accepting the change would mean the employer won’t comply with a recruitment or selection process required by law.

For further information click here https://www.fairwork.gov.au/starting-employment/types-of-employees/casual-employees