Opposition claims tradies in the firing line from gig economy reform | nickbonyhady
The opposition has set up a fight over gig economy reform, predicting government plans to give Uber-style contract workers more rights could hamper self-employed tradespeople, but Labor is pushing ahead with a plan to unveil legislation early next year.
“This attack on the gig economy will end up being an attack on all independent contractors – like truck drivers, plumbers and numerous other hard-working tradesmen and women," Cash said. In advance of the government’s agenda-setting Jobs Summit in Canberra next week, Wesfarmers boss Rob Scott saidwas “broken”. Scott said fixing the system, which is meant to allow companies such as Wesfarmers’ Bunnings, Kmart and Officeworks to tailor wages and conditions for their workforce, was a top priority.
None of the participants would comment, but multiple sources familiar with the meeting said a key theme was that the gig economy contained an array of businesses that operated in very different ways. Food delivery and disability care platforms, two attendees were described as saying, had different clients, services and prices despite all assigning work via an app. It made little sense to lump them together in the talks, participants said in the meeting.
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