Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

We are going to hit the hard marker shortly, so the next series of questions would be in particular in relation the inclusion of casuals. It is incredibly confusing for business, given this does go further than what the Fair Work Commission themselves have said. It does actually change the way the leave operates within the Fair Work Act itself. There were a number of questions that I had, and I don't know if we can return to them tonight. But in particular the questions that business are asking are: under clause 19 of the bill, if a casual employee gets a call asking what days they are available for the next week and then subsequently is unable to come in but has not been provided with the times, would they be entitled to payment under this bill? Under clause 19, if a casual employee gets a call asking what days they're available for the next week but then is subsequently unable to come in due to family and domestic violence leave but was not actually provided with the times, how would you actually calculate their rate of payment under this bill? If we do return to this bill, it would assist perhaps if some answers could be provided.