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The high court has granted special leave to appeal in a landmark case on casual employment.

In the Workpac v Rosatto decision the federal court found employees described as casuals could be owed further entitlements if they performed regular, permanent work.

The decision on Thursday to hear an appeal of the case will give comfort to employers, who have warned it could result in billions of dollars of backpay claims by casuals.

The federal government intervened on the employer’s side, meaning the case will likely reverberate in the political sphere, with Labor taking the Coalition to task for furthering insecure work.

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source: theguardian.com