Labor open to forcing employers to convert casuals to permanent staff after six months

By Eryk Bagshaw
Updated December 29 2017 - 9:43pm, first published 9:39pm
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Minister for Women Michaelia Cash walk behind Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and Terri Butler MP to the White Ribbon Breakfast in Parliament House in Canberra on the 4th of December 2017. Fedpol. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Minister for Women Michaelia Cash walk behind Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and Terri Butler MP to the White Ribbon Breakfast in Parliament House in Canberra on the 4th of December 2017. Fedpol. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

Labor says it would consider forcing employers to turn casuals to permanent staff after six months, halving the amount of conversion time ordered by the Fair Work Commission earlier this year.

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