Sweeping reforms to set a pay floor for gig workers would sharply increase the price of meal delivery and ride-share trips ordered through Uber’s app,the digital platform predicts.
As the nature of work and the labour market evolves,workplace laws must adapt in response. The government’s Closing Loopholes Bill recognises this.
They aren’t for post or parcels,but banks of thermal lockers are appearing in apartment building foyers around Melbourne.
When the government introduced its Closing Loopholes Bill to parliament on Monday,it had detractors. By Thursday,the draft laws had been put on ice.
Tony Burke accused the Coalition of holding up pay rises after crossbenchers voted with the opposition to delay a Senate report into Labor’s IR bill.
Rideshare drivers and food deliverers are expected to receive an extra $400 million a year,while wages in the labour-hire sector could rise by $510 million annually,detail in the bill shows.
A new federal wage theft offence is a key component of the federal government’s latest tranche of workplace reforms to be introduced to parliament on Monday.
Millions of consumers will be asked to accept new rules to protect food delivery drivers and other gig economy workers despite industry claims it will push up prices.
Price hikes and delivery fees to offset rising ingredient and fuel costs have hurt the pizza giant’s profits,but investors are confident of its recovery.
Strike action in Hollywood will bring film and television production to a standstill. But what will it mean for shows shooting,or about to shoot,here?
Australians are increasingly working longer hours and taking second jobs to meet the rising cost-of-living pressures. Three women share their stories.