Labor bill gives Fair Work Commission power to set minimum standards for hundreds of thousands of ‘employee-like workers’ on digital platforms
, will discuss the bill at the National Press Club on Thursday after months of consultations and more than 100 meetings with digital labour platforms, unions and employer groups, kept confidential by non-disclosure agreements.
Deactivation is the process of removing a gig economy worker from an app, ending their ability to earn income despite claims workers are “independent” of the platform. The reforms are limited to digital platform workers who have low bargaining power, low authority over their work or receive pay at or below the rates of comparable employees.
The commission will not be able to set standards on terms such as overtime rates, rostering arrangements or to change how a worker is engaged, which Labor believes will preserve the flexibility of the gig economy model.
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