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A new ruling on whether a casual was entitled to claim unfair dismissal indicates a significant "shift" in the Fair Work Commission's approach, an employment lawyer says.

As reported in this article, the FWC found a casual who worked every week for 14 months did not have "regular and systematic" employment, nor should she have had an expectation of ongoing employment based on the wording of her contract.

Kingston Reid partner Christa Lenard says this decision is "interesting", and – together with an extension-of-time ruling from April – "signal a shift in reasoning", influenced by recent High Court decisions...