The committee has already received 77 submissions from diverse groups including the Transport Workers Union (TWU), Trades Hall Councils, lawyers’ advocacy groups, nursing and hospitality unions, the Australian Medical Association, university casual academics networks, aged and disability care providers and the National Association for the Visual Arts. The diversity of submissions reveals how widespread casual, fixed-term and precarious work is.
The big gig corporations Menulog, Uber, UberEats, Ola and Deliveroo have also made submissions.
In its submission, the TWU said government needs to regulate the gig economy. TWU national secretary Michael Kaine said on April 12 that workers in the industry face economic hardship at the “whim of an app notification”.
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What does it take to roll back precarious work and underpayment through the gig economy? Not, it seems, government action, but the threat of public scrutiny through a Senate committee process.
A Senate inquiry into job security, established last year by Labor and chaired by former Transport Workers Union (TWU) boss Tony Sheldon, held its first hearings yesterday and they ll continue for two more days, then resume next week. Yesterday the inquiry heard from a number of major gig economy companies: Uber and Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Ola and Menulog.
That s already resulted in change, with Menulog declaring it was morally obligated to do more and announcing it would trial minimum wages and entitlements for its riders, in exchange for them working exclusively for the company. The TWU immediately welcomed the move and the fact that socially conscious consumers could use a service that aligned with their values .
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Menulog says it is moving away from the controversial independent contractor model favoured by its gig economy rivals and wants to have all its couriers employed by the company within a âfew yearsâ timeâ.
In a move designed to differentiate itself from rivals such as Uber Eats and Deliveroo, Menulogâs managing director, Morten Belling, said on Monday the company would move towards an âemployment modelâ beginning with a trial among its Sydney couriers.
At the same time, the company will also look at its existing contracts with its current pool of couriers and examine ways to âbridge the gapâ, compared to those working under an employee model, Belling told a Senate select committee inquiry on Monday.
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