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A worker has unsuccessfully argued that she didn't "agree" to a new casual employment contract when she ticked a box saying she acknowledged its terms.

The Fair Work Commission found the electronic contract was "valid and enforceable", and she wasn't misled into agreeing to it.

The employee had submitted a general protections claim, arguing she had been dismissed from her employment following the end of a labour hire assignment that had lasted more than 10 years at a 3M site, under three different employers...