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"From next Monday, August 17, thousands of food delivery workers across
Australia will benefit from new workplace protections – including new minimum
hourly rates of pay.
That’s because on Tuesday, a new minimum standards order was handed down by an
expert panel of the Fair Work Commission. The order covers “employee-like”
workers at digital on-demand delivery platforms.
This is the first order of its kind, and as such it sets a benchmark for
separate applications currently underway covering rideshare and parcel delivery
workers.
It is the result of almost two years of negotiations between the Transport
Workers’ Union and two major platforms, Uber Eats and DoorDash, through
proceedings at the Fair Work Commission. While these groups ultimately managed
to reach a consensus about the new protections, the reforms weren’t always
warmly welcomed.
So, what’s actually changing for on-demand delivery workers? And what could it
mean for the price of food deliveries?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
