Ring-in worker has rights too: Manage the replacement carefully when staff on extended leave

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Ring-in worker has rights too: Manage the replacement carefully when staff on extended leave

Fiona Mines
employer employee CR Sebastian Hermann on Unsplash
A casual employee is best managed under an agreement specific to their period of employment [Image: Sebastian Hermann on Unsplash]

We need some advice to cover a period of extended leave. My question is should it be casual or fixed term? We do not know whether the employee who is on leave will return, so we need to factor that in too

– Unsure, South Island

It is important to get the employment relationship correct, and there are different criteria for casual and fixed-term arrangements. What you offer
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