Source: ABS, Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership, cat 6310, 2014. Females make up the majority of casual employees (54.4 per cent of all casual workers and 64.1 per cent of part-time casual workers). A clear majority (69.4 per cent) of all full-time casuals are male. 59 per cent of all casual workers are aged between 25 and 64. The 15-19 year-old age group has the highest casual density (70.7% of employees in that group are casual employees) and the 55-59 year-old age group have the lowest density (15.1%). Remarkably, the mean employment tenure for casual employees is now 4.1 years, including 4.9 years for full-time casuals and 4.0 years for part-time casuals. In manufacturing, the mean employment tenure for casuals is 5.6 years and 7.7 years in wholesale trade. The mean weekly earnings of casual employees are lower than permanent workers ($1,181 per week versus $1,412 per week). Just over one third of part-time casual employees earn less than $200 per week. Women consistently earn less than men, in casual full-time, casual part-time, permanent part-time and permanent fulltime employment. Labour hire employees are more likely to be casual (76% of labour hire employees) and make up at least 2 percent of the workforce, with some reason to believe the true figure may be higher. The rise in casual employment has been at the expense of permanent full-time jobs: permanent full-time employment has fallen from 77.8 per cent of employees in 1988 to
Source: ABS, Employee Earnings, Benefits and Trade Union Membership, cat 6310, 2014. Females make up the majority of casual employees (54.4 per cent of all casual workers and 64.1 per cent of part-time casual workers). A clear majority (69.4 per cent) of all full-time casuals are male. 59 per cent of all casual workers are aged between 25 and 64. The 15-19 year-old age group has the highest casual density (70.7% of employees in that group are casual employees) and the 55-59 year-old age group have the lowest density (15.1%). Remarkably, the mean employment tenure for casual employees is now 4.1 years, including 4.9 years for full-time casuals and 4.0 years for part-time casuals. In manufacturing, the mean employment tenure for casuals is 5.6 years and 7.7 years in wholesale trade. The mean weekly earnings of casual employees are lower than permanent workers ($1,181 per week versus $1,412 per week). Just over one third of part-time casual employees earn less than $200 per week. Women consistently earn less than men, in casual full-time, casual part-time, permanent part-time and permanent fulltime employment. Labour hire employees are more likely to be casual (76% of labour hire employees) and make up at least 2 percent of the workforce, with some reason to believe the true figure may be higher. The rise in casual employment has been at the expense of permanent full-time jobs: permanent full-time employment has fallen from 77.8 per cent of employees in 1988 to
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