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This applies where an employer intends to dismiss their employees towards the end of a season. For example, where an employer gradually dismisses employees as the workload ends or decreases with the end of a season.[1]
If the contract gives either party an unqualified right to terminate the contract on notice, or with payment in lieu of notice, it will not be a contract for a specified season.[2]
Seasonal work can include such things as planting or picking fruit and vegetables, or working in Australia's snowfields.
[1] Explanatory Memorandum to Fair Work Bill 2008 at para. 1535.
[2] Andersen v Umbakumba Community Council (1994) 126 ALR 121, 126 (von Doussa J).