s66L: s 66L No reducing hours, changing patterns or dismissing to avoid casual conversion
An employer does not reduce or vary an employee's hours, change the employee's pattern of work or terminate the employee's employment in order to avoid any right or obligation under Division 4A. Giving a notification, receiving a response, being converted and taking part in a dispute are workplace rights protected by Part 3-1. The Division does not require an employee to convert, permit the employer to require conversion, or require the employer to increase hours.
Our statement of the clause of Australia Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), held and verified: cite it as s66L. The instrument verbatim is not quoted here; the held framework carries the reading.
The evidence this duty asks you to hold
Roster and hours analysis for casuals who gave notifications, before and after the notification; Approval step requiring documented reasons for reducing a casual's hours or ending the engagement; Complaint records alleging avoidance and their investigation
What usually goes missing
Casuals' shifts cut after they ask about conversion; Casuals rotated out at the 6-month mark; Employees pressured to remain casual
Where this lands in an audit
In Equal Pay Auditor this control informs the same-work screen, the category figures and the remediation steps, which carry their article citations on the result.