Food delivery riders and parcel couriers could be granted minimum employment standards for the first time, as changes to employment law come into effect. Independent contractors, including gig economy drivers …
New laws come into force in Australia giving workers the ‘right to disconnect’
Workers across Australia can now refuse to monitor, read or respond to work communication outside paid hours – unless doing so is unreasonable – after the federal government’s workplace reforms …
Closing loopholes bill: the right to disconnect and five other changes coming to Australian workplaces
Laws agreed by Labor, Greens and David Pocock allows casuals to more easily apply to become permanent and may increase pay in gig economy. Labor’s closing loopholes bill passed the Senate on …
Qantas guilty over treatment of virus-concerned worker
Qantas will face sentencing in a criminal court after a judge found the airline breached workplace health and safety law in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. SafeWork NSW …
High court rules Qantas illegally outsourced 1,700 jobs during pandemic
Qantas has lost its high court bid to overturn a ruling that it illegally outsourced 1,700 ground handler jobs. On Wednesday the high court unanimously upheld a full federal court decision …
Gig economy workers to get $400m wage boost under Labor’s closing loopholes bill
The Albanese government has introduced its closing loopholes industrial relations bill, estimated to provide labour hire workers up to $511m a year more pay and gig economy workers up to …
Australian gig workers to get right to negotiate minimum pay, conditions
Australian gig workers will be able to negotiate for minimum pay and conditions under a new law to be introduced next week in parliament by the centre-left Labor government. The …
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Special Issue – COVID-19: Labour, Migration, and Exploitation
“This Special Issue of Anti-Trafficking Review examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of low-wage, migrant, and informal workers. With contributions from Australia, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Europe, Nigeria, …