@ARTICLE{16432860_, author = {Murtough, Greg and Waite, Matthew}, keywords = {casual employment contract, implicit contract, leave entitlements}, title = {The Diversity of Casual Contract Employment.}, journal = {}, year = {}, month = {}, volume = {}, number = {}, pages = {}, url = {http://ecsocman.hse.ru/text/16432860/}, publisher = {}, language = {ru}, abstract = {This paper investigates the extent to which employees with a casual employment contract can be viewed as a group with broadly similar personal characteristics and work arrangements. If most casual contract employees are similar, then it is probably valid to make general conclusions about their circumstances. Conversely, the presence of considerable diversity would suggest that generalisations about casual contract employment are inappropriate. This issue is of interest because generalisations are often made about how the welfare of workers has been affected by the rapid increase in casual employees as measured in regular surveys by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). }, annote = {This paper investigates the extent to which employees with a casual employment contract can be viewed as a group with broadly similar personal characteristics and work arrangements. If most casual contract employees are similar, then it is probably valid to make general conclusions about their circumstances. Conversely, the presence of considerable diversity would suggest that generalisations about casual contract employment are inappropriate. This issue is of interest because generalisations are often made about how the welfare of workers has been affected by the rapid increase in casual employees as measured in regular surveys by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). } }