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”.
Australia s Fair Work Commission rules on dismissal of employee for refusing to take flu vaccine
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A recent decision of Australia’s Fair Work Commission upheld an employer’s reasonable requirement for staff to be vaccinated against influenza, but we caution that this principle remains untested in the Covid-19 vaccination rollout in South Africa
Food delivery app Menulog will treat drivers as employees in Australia
Menulog s decision to treat delivery drivers as employees is a bold step for the gig economy.
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2021-04-12 09:49:15 UTC
Food delivery app Menulog will soon treat its Australian delivery drivers as employees instead of independent contractors, ditching the framework that its peers have stubbornly clung to for years. It s a massive change, and one that may have far-reaching implications.
Menulog s huge shift from a contractor model to an employee one was announced by managing director Morten Belling during the Senate Select Committee on Job Security s Monday hearing. The committee is currently conducting an inquiry into workers rights and wages in Australia s gig economy, among other issues.
Uber regulation puts jobs at risk
Not every technology-platform-driven innovation to work and business warrants regulatory correction, and itâs wrong to think governments can promote âsecureâ employment by piling more restrictions on hiring labour.
Feb 22, 2021 â 5.41pm
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Some will draw a straight line between Facebookâs news ban in response to the Australian governmentâs world-first media bargaining code and the British Supreme Courtâs landmark ruling that Uber drivers are âworkersâ entitled to minimum wage, holiday and other employment rights.
The nation-state is striking back and bringing unregulated global big tech empires to heel under the rule of law. But it is a mistake to simplistically cast every technology-platform-driven innovation that changes how work and business are done as wrong and warranting regulatory correction. Itâs also a mistake to think governments can actually promote âsecureâ employme