The bad side of casual employment... the employee has less rights than a part-time or full-time employee.
I am unsure of notice needed as it may differ between different awards/agreements, but casual staff are barely guaranteed any hours at all under common agreements.
*Edit - just did a bit of reading in the SDA awards.
General retail industry award:
http://www.sda.org.au/images/awards/award60.pdf
Quote:
27.14 Notification of rosters
(a) The employer will exhibit staff rosters on a notice board, which will show for
each employee:
(i) the number of ordinary hours to be worked each week;
(ii) the days of the week on which work is to be performed; and
(iii) the commencing and ceasing time of work for each day of the week.
(b) The employer will retain superseded notices for twelve months. The roster will,
on request, be produced for inspection by an authorised person.
(c) Due to unexpected operational requirements, an employee’s roster for a given
day may be changed by mutual agreement with the employee prior to the
employee arriving for work.
(d) Any permanent roster change will be provided to the employee in writing with
a minimum seven days notice. Should the employee disagree with the roster
change, they will be given a minimum of 14 days written notice instead of
seven days, during which time there will be discussions aimed at resolving the
matter in accordance with clause 9—Dispute resolution, of this award.
(e) Where an employee’s roster is changed with the appropriate notice for a once only
event caused by particular circumstances not constituting an emergency,
and the roster reverts to the previous pattern in the following week, then extra
work done by the employee because of the change of roster will be paid at the
overtime rate of pay.
(f) An employee’s roster may not be changed with the intent of avoiding payment
of penalties, loading or other benefits applicable. Should such circumstances
arise the employee will be entitled to such penalty, loading or benefit as if the
roster had not been changed.
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The scope of the award doesn't really cover cancellation of shifts for casuals very effectively...