Casual worker entitlements will be a key focus for Australia’s Labour Party for next year's election campaign, reports 7News, citing a statement from Leader of the Labour Party and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese. On Monday, the Labour leader used the first day of the final two sitting weeks of the year to introduce a private bill to amend existing employment laws. The change aims to allow casual workers employed through labour-hire companies to have the same entitlements as those engaged directly by employers. It will target companies profiting from sourcing casual workers at a lower cost. “A Labour government will write the principle of same job, same pay into law," he said. Albanese added that the government did not have to wait for an election to pass the amendment and could instead side with Labour on a vote. Australia’s Casual Employment Law came into effect on September 2021. The law introduced a requirement for employers (other than small business employers) to make an offer to casual employees to convert to full-time or part-time employment, as well as a right for casual employees to request to convert to permanent employment, if certain conditions are met.