Decisions made by the Fair Work Commission can be appealed to the federal court.
In December last year, Uber settled a case before the full bench of the federal court about another unfair dismissal case involving a gig worker – thereby avoiding what would have been a landmark ruling on the status of gig workers.
The Transport Workers’ Union said at the time that it believed Uber settled because the company was facing defeat after a series of critical questions from judges in an earlier court hearing.
On Tuesday, the union’s national secretary, Michael Kaine, said the Deliveroo judgment “has huge implications for gig workers in Australia”.