Pressure mounts on Uber to end exploitative business model
A December Actuaries Institute podcast pointed out that gig workers have “no employment rights under the Commonwealth Fair Work Act to legal minimum pay rates, sick leave, or unfair dismissal protections”. Its research confirmed previous findings that gig economy workers are over-represented in sections of the workforce with less bargaining power — students, those who have been unemployed and young people. The death of five meal delivery riders in two months at the end of last year shone the spotlight on delivery riders’ conditions. Another delivery rider was seriously injured on ...
Source: greenleft.org.au