What do I have to give a new casual worker?
- The Fair Work Information Statement goes to every new employee, whatever their employment type.
- A casual employee also gets the Casual Employment Information Statement when they start, and again at set times while they work for you.
- An employee on a fixed term contract also gets the Fixed Term Contract Information Statement.
- Give them the Superannuation standard choice form within 28 days of their start date, so they can name their fund.
- They fill in a tax file number declaration for your payroll software. YourCA never asks for or keeps a tax file number.
- In YourCA, open their row in Directory, Company directory, Your people, and press Add a starter pack (or Add in their Starter pack column). Pick how they are engaged and the day they start, then press Add it. The Starter pack under their tickets lists the papers their engagement calls for. A contractor, labour hire or the owner has no pack.
- YourCA does not send the pack to them. Hand them the papers or email them yourself, then tick each one.
- The eye opens each official form on the Fair Work or ATO site. Tick a paper when you give it, and the day is recorded. The pencil corrects the day.
- Your own handbook and policies are listed in the pack too, from Company admin, Library, Employee documents. Tick each one when you hand it over.
- Press Download on the Starter pack for the list of papers and a letter of offer drafted from their details and your standard terms, on your letterhead, to print and sign. If a line of the letter is still empty, the pack says so and the eye on the letter opens it to fill in first.
- Your people shows each employee’s pack as All given, how many of their papers are given so far, or Not recorded when nothing is ticked and no start date is set.
- For people who already worked for you before you used the Starter pack, tick them on Your people (or tick the box at the top for everyone shown), press Set, pick Starter pack given, choose the date under Given on and press Save. Every paper in each of their packs is recorded as given that day. A day already recorded stays as it was, and anybody who is not an employee is skipped and named.
Worth knowing
The Starter pack shows to a role with the Run pay switch: Owner, Office and Accounts unless you change it. Accounts sees Your people with only names and the Starter pack. This is general information, not legal advice. For your own situation, call the Fair Work Ombudsman on 13 13 94 or ask an employment lawyer. Source: fairwork.gov.au, Information statements; ato.gov.au, Offer employees a choice of super fund. Checked by YourCA on 20 October 2026.