Posts tagged "gig economy"

Five years of research reveals an industry facing pushback from both workers and customers, with many workers seeking to leave the gig economy.

There are good reasons to aim to regulate gig economy workers as contractors, rather than attempting to bring them under the umbrella of being employees.

Uber Australia's agreement with the Transport Workers’ Union is a statement of principles that re-regulate work in the Australian rideshare and food delivery industry.

In a landmark ruling, a HungryPanda worker, who died after he was hit by a bus in Sydney while working for the company, has been deemed an employee and not a contractor.

The agreement outlines key principles for workers and companies operating in the gig economy while backing the push for enforceable industry standards.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says gig economy workers receive less than minimum wage because they are small business owners and that's what can happen when you run a business.

Uber has admitted it breached Australian Consumer Law through cancellation warning messages and Uber Taxi fare estimates.

A new Xero report suggests a pandemic-era boom in small business registrations will lead to millions of new firms by 2031.

Splend is a subscription business that provides cars to rideshare and delivery drivers, along with vehicle financing tailored to the sector.

Employee casualisation has become a hot-button topic in the 2022 election campaign, following claims by Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese of an increasingly casual workforce.

Airtasker founder and chief executive Tim Fung says being a startup founder based in Australia over the past 10 years has been one of the best jobs in the world. 

After running through Labor's broad plan at the National Press Club, Chalmers said a Labor government would focus on "boosting the resilience of small business".