It is the Australian Tax Office, not the Fair Work Commission, making the big waves with the Foodora case and the future of the gig economy.
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When it comes to tackling unacceptable forms of work, lessons can be learned from the global South.
The crucial question is not whether gig workers are employees or independent contractors, but what rights they ought to have as contractors.
With the unemployment rate at about the lowest level in almost 50 years, how much lower could it go? An economist explains.
Many millions are in need of short-term credit to supplement poor and exploitative pay.
In a world of 24-hour news, night tubes and light pollution, does the traditional night time really still exist?
This could be the start of a new era where regulation of the gig economy allows for the right balance between flexibility and sustainability.
Most workers are still employees, not casuals or gig workers. So what has changed to increase the insecurity of workers?
Many vulnerable workers aren’t covered for work-related injuries and illness. Employment law is largely a federal matter while compensation schemes are state-run, but there’s a way to fix the problem.
It isn’t easy, but musicians build ‘portfolio careers’ by being adaptable, multiskilled and willing to learn, so they can pursue creative work that they believe in.
That the Fair Work Ombudsman brought a case against Foodora suggests its workers are most likely to be classified as employees. This could dissuade other platforms from offering similar benefits.
Some say the gig economy is capitalism’s final victory, but maybe it’s not.
The California Supreme Court made it harder to classify workers as independent contractors. But it’s not quite the ‘game changer’ some observers claim it to be.
Drivers for online ride-hailing services face several social conditions that may challenge their efforts to transform collective action into a solid union.
Could an employer or platform claim copyright in a chat group? We’d first have to accept that conversations in a chat group are protected by copyright.
Cycling is a low-cost and non-polluting way to make deliveries in congested cities. Slow cyclists should be recognised as good for the economy and environment, not treated like second-class citizens.
The Taylor Review and the subsequent UK government’s response do a bad job of proposing solutions.
A lack of federal funding for their training, travel or living expenses leaves many elite American athletes juggling day jobs and scrambling to pay their bills.
Companies like Uber and Etsy don’t have to tell most of the people working with them how much they’ve earned. With the federal government so behind the curve, some states are changing their rules.
Many gig workers are classified as independent contractors, leaving them without minimum wages and other workplace protections. Creating a new category of worker could fix that.
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