Overview
- The Government’s proposal aims to ensure that casual employees are treated no less favourably than permanent employees for the accrual and reporting of long service leave entitlements in the black coal mining industry. This is the first step in a series of broader reforms, stemming from the Independent Review of the Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Scheme.
- Casuals are currently treated differently - and less favourably - than permanent employees under the Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Scheme. Recommendation 4 of the “Enhancing certainty and fairness: Independent Review of the Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Scheme”, published in February 2022 proposed that the Commonwealth enact legislative amendments to ensure that casual employees are treated no less favourably than permanent employees in the accrual, reporting and payment of their long serve leave entitlements.
Considerations
- Equal treatment for casual and permanent employees in the black coal mining industry under the Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Scheme, balanced with minimising the administrative burden on employers and the Coal Mining Industry (Long Service Leave Funding) Corporation.