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Fair Work shake-up: gig workers secure pay rise and protection
A delivery driver is seen riding e-bike in Melbourne (AAP) Source: AAP / JAMES ROSS
In a landmark agreement hailed as world-leading, the Transport Workers Union, Uber, and DoorDash have put forward a minimum standards deal for Australian gig workers to the Fair Work Commission on Tuesday, 25 November. This major reform guarantees food delivery riders a 25% wage increase, injury insurance, and protection from unfair algorithmic dismissal, fundamentally changing a commission-based system that workers say left them making virtually no money.
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