BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Casual Worker
- somebody who provides labor or services under an irregular or informal working arrangement. A casual worker is usually considered as an independent contractor rather than as an employee. Consequently, there is no obligation on the part of an employer to provide work, and there is no obligation on the part of the casual worker to accept all offers of work made by an employer.
Additional Resources
- The Living Low Paid | BTalk Australia
- (16min 48) There’s a concern that the unempoyment rate will rise this year, but what about those people working part-time for a low wage? It’s an increasing proportion of the Australian workforce yet it attracts little attention from policy makers. On today’s BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks...
- Blog posts 2009-03-04
- Business Consultant Helps Makeover Once Casual Technology Worker.
- By Diane E. Lewis, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 3--John Harris hadn't bought a suit in years. He was a network engineer, and every day was casual day. The transformation of John Harris began in late 2001, when,...
- Research articles 2003-07-03
- Pivotal workers' compensation decision.
- Mar 15, 2007 (Benchmarking HR - ABIX via COMTEX) -- An unfair dismissal case involving a casual child care worker is to proceed to trial. The employer in the case, Hills Before & After School Care, had argued that its decision to sack Jane Lee on ...
- Research articles 2007-03-15
- Nail Your Response to an Online Job Ad
- Online ads are deceptively casual. But just because you're replying to an ad via e-mail, it doesn't mean you shouldn't bring your A-game and respond with all the sincerity, professionalism, and enthusiasm that you'd pack into a face-to-face meeting. Â Here are some tips for getting a call back when you...
- Blog posts 2009-05-27
- Weekend Round-Up
- Telegraph Why bad bosses like Basil are also nastiest There's a reason Basil Fawlty bullied Manuel. Aggressive bosses who are overwhelmed by their own inabilities are more likely to lash out than competent leaders, says a study by the University of Southern California published in the Psychological...
- Blog posts 2009-10-18
- ABB worker not casual because of paid sick leave.
- Jul 11, 2002 (HR Report Jul 11, 2002 (HR Report
- Research articles 2002-07-10
- The reckoning
- The Reckoning by David Halberstam(Morrow, 728 pp., $19.95) AS HAL SPERLICH rested in hisGrosse Pointe home with visions of fuel efficiency pounding in his head, he could not have known that the product of four thousand years of Asian culture was about to come barreling forth from the...
- Research articles 1987-01-30
