Casual Workers and Labour Hire Workers: Understanding WorkCover Coverage
As an employee, your rights and entitlements are not determined by your employment status. Whether you’re a full-time worker, a part time employee, or a
casual.
Labour hire workers have legal rights
If injured, labour hire workers retain significant legal rights to workers compensation for injury, as well as employment protections. In this blog, I explain what
Casuals do have WorkCover rights to injury compensation
If you’re a casual worker, you are covered by WorkCover for any accident or injury which occurs in the workplace. The fact that you are
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