Updated 1 November 2022

Employers have to give every new casual employee a Casual Employment Information Statement (the CEIS) before, or as soon as possible after, they start their new job.

Employers also have to give every new casual employee a copy of the Fair Work Information Statement (the FWIS) at the same time.

What is the Casual Employment Information Statement?

Employers aren’t required to give casual employees the CEIS more than once in any 12 month period (for example, if an employer employs a casual employee temporarily at different stages in a 12 month period, they only need to give them the CEIS once).

The CEIS has information about:

• the definition of a casual employee
• when an employer has to offer casual conversion
• when an employer doesn’t have to offer casual conversion
• casual conversion entitlements of casual employees employed by small business employers
• the role of the Fair Work Commission to deal with disputes about casual conversion

Providing employees with the CEIS

Employers can give casual employees the CEIS;

• in person
• by mail
• by email
• by emailing a link to the Fair Work website page
• by emailing a link to a copy of the CEIS available on the employer’s intranet
• by fax
• by another method.

Source reference: Fair Work Act 2009 s.125A-B