The world’s top union leader says the Morrison government’s union-busting legislation has sent “shockwaves around the world”, calling on the Senate crossbench to block it to protect workers’ rights. Sharan …
Regulating Australia’s ‘Gangmasters’ through Labour Hire Licensing
This article examines the recent introduction of state-based regulation to address the increasingly prominent problem of exploitation of vulnerable workers by labour hire providers around Australia. Mounting evidence of underpayments …
Opinion: Employee or not? What the Uber decision means
After a two-year investigation into Uber’s work practices, the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) last week announced it had concluded Uber drivers are independent contractors rather than employees. Unions across the …
Uber drivers are not employees, Fair Work Ombudsman finds
The Fair Work Ombudsman has finalised its investigation into Uber and found its drivers to be independent contractors, not employees. Its decision confirms that Uber drivers are not entitled to …
Australia’s Fair Work Ombudsman finds Uber drivers are contractors: so what can unions do now?
Australia’s workplace enforcement agency, the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO), today announced the conclusions of its two-year investigation into Uber’s engagement of drivers. In short, the FWO has determined that Uber …
Australia targets big business with world’s 2nd anti-slavery law
Big companies and public bodies in Australia will have to disclose how they tackle modern-day slavery in their operations under a law passed on Thursday that activists say is tougher …
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